bwin Notifies Merger with PartyGaming to Competition Authority

Businessn.a. ♦ Published: October 20, 2010; 14:18 ♦ (Vindobona)

Transfer to the London Stock Exchange is bad news for the Viennese financial center. The merger will create the world's biggest betting provider.

The Austrian Federal Competition Authority (BWB - Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde) announced today Wednesday on its website that bwin, the publicly traded online betting provider, is planning a merger with the British PartyGaming.

Within 14 days, any business who considers itself affected in its interests by the merger may submit a notification to the Federal Competition Commission…