synopsis: Playtech Limited has expanded its product offering with the acquisition of games developer Ash Gaming Limited. Ash Gaming has developed into one of the leading developers of interactive gambling and betting games, predominantly slot-based games, with more than 30 licensees including many of the popular online sportsbooks.

synopsis: Following the approval by Australian Northern Territory Racing Commission, Unibet Group plc has finalized the acquisition of 100 per cent of the Australian company Betchoice Corporation Pty Ltd. Betchoice is one of Australia’s leading independent corporate bookmakers online.

synopsis: Unibet Group plc has finalised the acquisition of the business and certain operating assets from Nordic Betting Ltd, one of the leading participants in the online gaming market in Northern Europe, trading as Bet24. Nordic Betting Ltd operates a wide range of sports and gaming products through its web sites.

synopsis: Betsson AB will acquire Nordic Gaming Group (NGG), a private gaming company based in Malta. NGG offers gaming in the form of sportsbook, casino and poker to, primarily, Nordic and Baltic customers. Through this acquisition, Betsson secures its position as the largest private alternative to the Nordic monopolies.

synopsis: Mangas Gaming SAS announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in bet-at-home.com AG from its founders Franz Omer and Jochen Dickinger, and that it will launch a public offer to acquire the shares held by the minority shareholders.

synopsis: CasinoRewards.com, a premier online Casino Loyalty Program, has acquired 7 popular online casinos: GrandHotelCasino.com, LuxuryCasino.com, ColosseumCasino.com, VegasSlotCasino.com, Vegas7Casino.com, VegasCountryCasino.com and VegasJokerCasino.com.

synopsis: International Game Technology has launched a cash offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Entraction Holding AB. Entraction offers complete software systems for online gaming and operates one of the largest open poker networks in the world.

synopsis: Blanca Games, Inc., led by e-gaming entrepreneur Stuart Gordon, announced that Blanca has acquired the Cereus Poker Network, one of the largest poker networks in the world. Blanca's acquisition of Cereus includes the Network operations, software, the absolutepoker.com brand, and the ub.com brand.

synopsis: Expekt is pleased to announce that their shareholders have entered into an agreement for the sale of the online betting and gaming operations of Expekt.com to Mangas Gaming.

synopsis: Unibet Group, an online gambling company, has signed an agreement to acquire the Solfive Group. Under the trademarks EurosportBet and EurosportPoker, licensed by the company Eurosport, Solfive operates a range of gambling and betting products such as sport betting, live betting, horse racing betting, and poker through its two web sites.

synopsis: Boyd Gaming Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Peninsula Gaming, LLC, for total consideration of $1.45 billion. Peninsula Gaming, LLC operates as a casino entertainment holding company with gaming operations in Iowa and Louisiana.

synopsis: Private equity-owned gambling group Gala Coral will sell its casino business to British bingo and casino operator Rank for 205 million pounds. Rank operates 35 casinos and 103 bingo halls in Britain and the deal would make Rank Britain’s biggest casino operator.

synopsis: Elray Resources Inc. announced that it has concluded a definitive agreement to acquire Golden Match, a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. Golden Match is an investment holding company. Its principal business activity is to hold a profit share agreement with a VIP Room Gaming Promoter.

synopsis: Ameristar Casinos, Inc. announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the equity interests of Creative Casinos of Louisiana, L.L.C. ("Creative") from Creative Casinos, LLC. Creative is the developer of a proposed luxury casino resort in Lake Charles, Louisiana, which it planned to brand as Mojito Pointe.

synopsis: Potts Gaming, LLC announced that it has completed the acquisition of The Lodge at Belmont, a Belmont, New Hampshire-based casino and bingo facility. The Lodge at Belmont offers patrons poker, blackjack, craps, roulette and bingo, as well as a sports bar, pool tables and regular live entertainment.

synopsis: Betfred.com, one of the world's biggest independent sports betting brands, has acquired the online bingo brand BuckyBingo.com and sister brand BOGOFBingo.com from Buckingham Bingo. The Bucky Bingo brand provides a fun, safe and secure online environment for bingo lovers everywhere.

synopsis: Elray Resources, Inc. has announced that it has acquired, under a share exchange agreement, all of the issued and outstanding stock of Splitrock Ventures Limited, an online gaming business, owning intellectual property in the gaming arena and providing online gaming products as well as gaming services to markets globally.

synopsis: Betsson has acquired the Malta-based online poker operator, Betfriends.

synopsis: Global online gaming operator, Stan James Plc, announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Racing2day LLC, an online horse racing wagering business run by horse racing owners, players, handicappers and fans.

synopsis: BroadWebAsia, Inc. a leading online entertainment network in China disclosed that it has presented a formal proposal for investment in, and restructuring of, Linktone Ltd. Under terms of the proposed BWA transaction, BWA or its affiliates will purchase not less than 60% of Linktone's outstanding shares.

synopsis: Playtech Limited has expanded its product offering with the acquisition of games developer Ash Gaming Limited. Ash Gaming has developed into one of the leading developers of interactive gambling and betting games, predominantly slot-based games, with more than 30 licensees including many of the popular online sportsbooks.

synopsis: Playtech, the international designer, developer and licensor of software and services for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Geneity Limited ('Geneity'), a UK based provider of e-gaming software products, focused primarily on the sportsbook and lottery sectors.

synopsis: Playtech Limited has expanded its product offering with the acquisition of games developer Ash Gaming Limited. Ash Gaming has developed into one of the leading developers of interactive gambling and betting games, predominantly slot-based games, with more than 30 licensees including many of the popular online sportsbooks.

synopsis: Playtech Ltd, the leading software provider to the online, mobile, TV and land based gaming sector, announces it has acquired the business and assets of Virtue Fusion, the leading developer and licensor of online bingo products.

synopsis: Interactive gaming leader Win Gaming Media, Inc. announced that Playtech, the international designer, developer and licensor of software to the online gaming industry, has acquired the assets of Win Gaming Media subsidiary, MIXTV Ltd.

synopsis: NanoSensors, Inc. announced that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of The Gaming Network, A.G., a privately owned corporation.

synopsis: Boss Media acquires Dynamite Idea of England, a world leading supplier of fixed odds games for many of the leading e-gaming brands such as Ladbrokes and Unibet. The acquisition of Dynamite Idea extends Boss Media’s instant games portfolio based on Flash technology.

synopsis: RealNetworks(R), Inc., one of the world's largest developers, publishers and distributors of casual games, announced it acquired Sao Paulo, Brazil-based Atrativa, the most visited casual games site in South America for an undisclosed price at the end of last year.

synopsis: FUN Technologies plc, a market-leading developer and provider of online games, today announced that it has entered into an agreement (the "Share Purchase and Support Agreement") with Liberty Media Corporation whereby Liberty will indirectly acquire a majority interest in FUN.

synopsis: Shuffle Master, Inc. announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ongame Network Ltd. from bwin.party Services (Austria) Gmbh. Ongame Network Ltd. provides online poker software solutions.

synopsis: Slots.com, the second most powerful generic gaming domain, was bought at a Snapnames.com online auction by BodogBrand.com for nearly GBP4,000,000, the largest sum of money paid for a domain in 2010 and one of the top 10 ever.

synopsis: Playtech Ltd, the leading software provider to the online, mobile, TV and land based gaming sector, announces it has acquired the business and assets of Virtue Fusion, the leading developer and licensor of online bingo products.

synopsis: Big Fish Games Inc. announced the acquisition of mobile-social game developer Self Aware Games and its parent company, Social Concepts, makers of the hit mobile-social brand, Card Ace: Casino. Self Aware Games was founded by experienced entrepreneur Colin Liotta and lifelong game designer Seppo Helava.

synopsis: International Game Technology, the global leader in the design, development and manufacture of gaming machines and systems products, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Double Down Interactive LLC – a leading online social gaming company and developer of the popular DoubleDown™ Casino found on Facebook.

synopsis: Fertitta Interactive LLC announced that it has purchased the assets of CyberArts Licensing LLC, an online gaming solutions company based in Oakland, California. CyberArts provides world-class gaming solutions for internet, mobile, and land-based operators throughout the world.

synopsis: The Board of Directors of Gamefederation Svenska AB has reached an agreement with 24hPoker to acquire the Daydream, the subsidiary mobile service and solutions company of 24hPoker. Gamefederation has acquired all the shares in Daydream.

synopsis: Zhejiang Daily Media Group Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire Shanghai Haofang Online Information Technology from Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. for approximately $56 million. Shanghai Haofang Online Information Technology Co., Ltd. operates a network personal computer game platform in China.

synopsis: NCsoft Corporation announced that it will acquire Ntreev Soft Co., Ltd., a Korea-based online game producer and software developer, to develop casual games business.

synopsis: Power Play Development Corp. has entered into a Share Exchange & Acquisition Agreement with NLOP, Inc., a privately held Delaware corporation based in Framingham, MA. The Boards of Directors and a majority of shareholders of both Power Play and NLOP approved the terms of the Share Exchange & Acquisition Agreement.

synopsis: GigaMedia Limited, a diversified provider of broadband and entertainment services, announced today that it has acquired Grand Virtual, a privately held software developer and application service provider based in the Boston area, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately US$32.5 million.

synopsis: Twistbox Entertainment, Inc. announced the acquisition of all of the assets of Infospace Inc.’s US based mobile games Studio located in San Mateo, CA. Formerly known as Atlas Mobile, Inc., the Studio will be fully integrated into Twistbox Games.

synopsis: RealNetworks, Inc. announced the final results of its tender offer to purchase all of the shares of WiderThan Co., Ltd. at a price of $17.05 per common share and per ADS, or approximately $350 million. As a result of the successful tender offer, WiderThan will become a majority-owned subsidiary of RealNetworks.

synopsis: TOM Online Games, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TOM Online Inc., has successfully acquired approximately 76.29% of the issued and paid-up share capital of Indiagames as at the sale completion.

synopsis: Online Gambling publisher KAX Media has acquired the domain Gambling.com, a leading provider of online gambling information, from Media Corp plc. KAX Media adds Gambling.com to its portfolio of iGaming portals that include WSN.com (World Sports Network), CasinoSource.co.uk, and CasinoSource.ie.

synopsis: Ticketing giant StubHub, owned by eBay, has acquired local event-discovery and promotion service Zvents, according to eBay’s internal employee blog eBayInk. By providing the best in local search, Zvents intuitively connects people with their interests and favorite sources of entertainment.