PartyGaming and Bwin merger talks collapse

Ed Drake
June 28, 2010
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Despite weeks of speculation to the contrary there will be no happy union between two of the industry’s greatest behemoths as talks between PartyGaming and Bwin collapsed. Bwin still wants to hook up with a partner, though, and, like a singleton fulfilling her online dating criteria, this is one Austrian who has specified a preference for Americans, the twisted bitch. “Bwin wants to tackle the task of entering the United States with a competent and local partner,” said “Bwin’s co-chief executive, Norbert Teufelberger, who told the magazine:. We are holding talks to do this.”Read more.

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