Amaya Gaming has now received both regulatory approval and shareholder approval to take control over the Oldford Group, the parent company of The Rational Group Ltd operating the sites PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The new company will be Amaya Inc. and preferred shares and warrants will be issued.

Amaya Gaming received approval from the regulatory authorities for PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker which saw the company’s share price rise to 29.61 CAD at market close. Amaya shareholders meet July 30th to discuss details of the financing and upon agreement will move to complete the transaction of the sale.

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Free Slot Money had covered rumors of IGT being up for sale about a month ago. An announcement has now been made that Italian lottery giant GTECH has acquired the slot game manufacturer in a deal amounting to $6.4 Billion. The deal is broken down as $4.7 in cash and a further $1.7 in IGT’s net debt that will be absorbed by GTECH. The news comes a month after the major announcement of Amaya purchasing PokerStars for $4.9 Billion.

Quickspin has been signing new deals to supply their slot games to major UK betting operators left and right. This time, they ink a deal with William Hill. The online operator considers the slot games the best in the world and is proud to be adding their games to their roster as they are of the highest production quality.