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gaius on July 9, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: FanDuel founders to receive no cash from sale to P...

but good employees will get retention packages to stick around with the new company

Maybe. Often acquisitions are just for the customer list. Betfair is located in London (and Dublin for tax purposes IIRC), it has no office in Scotland.

vvvv on July 9, 2018 [–]

This acquisition was made to bolster their US strategy. CEO of FanDuel is becoming the head of the combined US entity.

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