{"id":7,"date":"2025-10-10T11:05:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metsgametoday.live\/blog\/?p=7"},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T11:05:55","slug":"playtech-agrees-deal-to-sell-finalto-to-gopher-investments-for-250m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metsgametoday.live\/blog\/playtech-agrees-deal-to-sell-finalto-to-gopher-investments-for-250m\/","title":{"rendered":"Playtech agrees deal to sell Finalto to Gopher Investments for $250m"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 data-start=\"63\" data-end=\"149\">Playtech to Sell Financial Trading Division Finalto to Gopher Investments for $250M<\/h2>\n<h3 data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"176\">\ud83d\udd11 <strong data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"176\">Deal Overview:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"604\">\n<li data-start=\"177\" data-end=\"269\">\n<p data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"269\"><strong data-start=\"179\" data-end=\"189\">Buyer:<\/strong> Gopher Investments (private equity firm and Playtech\u2019s 2nd-largest shareholder)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"300\">\n<p data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"300\"><strong data-start=\"272\" data-end=\"282\">Price:<\/strong> $250 million cash<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"301\" data-end=\"365\">\n<p data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"365\"><strong data-start=\"303\" data-end=\"327\">Expected Completion:<\/strong> H1 2022 (pending regulatory approval)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"366\" data-end=\"604\">\n<p data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"391\"><strong data-start=\"368\" data-end=\"389\">Previous Attempt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"604\">\n<li data-start=\"394\" data-end=\"481\">\n<p data-start=\"396\" data-end=\"481\">May 2021: Agreement with consortium led by Israeli Barinboim Group for $210 million<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"484\" data-end=\"537\">\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"537\">August 2021: Shareholders rejected Barinboim deal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"540\" data-end=\"604\">\n<p data-start=\"542\" data-end=\"604\">Playtech paid $8.8 million to Barinboim for breaking agreement<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"634\">\ud83c\udfaf <strong data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"634\">Strategic Intent:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"899\">\n<li data-start=\"635\" data-end=\"786\">\n<p data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"786\">Playtech CEO Mor Weizer:<br data-start=\"661\" data-end=\"664\" \/>&#8220;This transaction delivers on our strategy to simplify the group and focus on high-growth B2B and B2C gambling markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"787\" data-end=\"899\">\n<p data-start=\"789\" data-end=\"899\">Playtech plans to use $130 million+ from the sale proceeds to reduce debt amid ongoing COVID-19 uncertainties.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"901\" data-end=\"923\">\ud83d\udcca <strong data-start=\"908\" data-end=\"923\">Financials:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"1129\">\n<li data-start=\"924\" data-end=\"981\">\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"981\">Finalto\u2019s adjusted EBITDA loss in H1 2021: $0.6 million<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"982\" data-end=\"1054\">\n<p data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1054\">Playtech H1 2021 revenue: \u20ac457.4 million ($529.2 million), down 4% YoY<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1055\" data-end=\"1129\">\n<p data-start=\"1057\" data-end=\"1129\">Playtech post-tax profit in H1 2021: \u20ac54.6 million, significantly up YoY<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 data-start=\"1131\" data-end=\"1153\">\ud83d\udd1c <strong data-start=\"1138\" data-end=\"1153\">Next Steps:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1212\">\n<li data-start=\"1154\" data-end=\"1212\">\n<p data-start=\"1156\" data-end=\"1212\">Shareholder approval required before finalizing the deal<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playtech to Sell Financial Trading Division Finalto to Gopher Investments for $250M \ud83d\udd11 Deal Overview: Buyer: Gopher Investments (private equity firm and Playtech\u2019s 2nd-largest shareholder) Price: $250 million cash Expected Completion: H1 2022 (pending regulatory approval) Previous Attempt: May 2021: Agreement with consortium led by Israeli Barinboim Group for $210 million August 2021: Shareholders rejected [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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