After the huge transaction in which Amaya Gaming bought PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker for the sum of $ 4.9 billion, is now that GTECH, the Italian company, bought the U.S. company IGT for the sum of $ 4.7 billion. After this transaction, GTECH has become the largest supplier of equipment casino in the world.
For Marco Sala, the Managing Director of GTech, which is expressed in a press release, "this operation improves dramatically our ability to compete" in the field of games. "The limited overlay products and the respective customers of GTech and IGT warrants to the company resulting from the merger a leading position in all segments of the gaming market. The new company will allow us to increase our international presence."
The operation will allow GTech itself in a lucrative American market in the heart of the casinos.
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