Playtech is listed on the London Stock Exchange, but the Australian company wants to buy it outright, with an offer that values the shares 58 per cent higher than they were trading at before the bid was revealed.Ī vote by UK shareholders is required to seal the deal. If successful, the technology will give it dominance in the electronic world of phones, tablets and computers. Now the company is making its biggest bet yet: the $5 billion purchase of real money gaming goliath Playtech. But they're for physical casinos, clubs and pubs. Aristocrat is one of the world's biggest manufacturers of electronic gaming machines, called EGMs or pokies.
