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.

bwin Notifies Merger with PartyGaming to Competition Authority / Picture: © Bwin

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…