Fully in Control
Gambling analysts within the online caisno gambling industry have long predicted
that there would be a rapid merging and converging of the industry sometime in
the next decade as smaller companies are bought out by the larger brands. Though
the rapidity of the convergence is not quite come to fruition yet, there is
certainly some convergence as some moderately sized online casinos and gaming
brands enter into acquisition deals with smaller companies as a way to build a
larger market base as well as expand the company’s specializations.
Last month Mangas Gaming announced the acquisition of two small but popular
betting and gambling brands. These two companies, though not operating online
casinos, are precisely in line with the type of market that Mangas is hoping to
control in the coming years. The deal involved Expekt and Bet-at-home – these
two companies provided Mangas with the perfect opportunity to enter the online
sportsbetting industry.
Stakeholders in both of the acquired brands do not have to fear losing their
investments. Mangas has announced that it will by out the shareholders in either
of the companies for a set and fair price per share. While this means that the
shareholders will no longer have stake in either brand, there is always the
option of then buying stake in the growing Mangas brand.
The expansion of the Mangas brand with these two companies was the perfect
opportunity for the company to slowly begin to grow a brand and grow its
specializations – this sort of slow and amiable takeover is the future of the
online casino gambling industry. |