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Endeavor to buy sports betting business OpenBet for $800 million

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Reuters
Published: Jul 1, 2022, 01:06 UTC

(Reuters) - Endeavor Group Holdings Inc, the owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship, will buy sports betting business OpenBet from Light & Wonder Inc for a revised deal value of $800 million, Light & Wonder said on Thursday.

The Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. (EDR) logo hangs from the New York Stock Exchange on the morning of its public listing at the NYSE in New York City

(Reuters) – Endeavor Group Holdings Inc, the owner of Ultimate Fighting Championship, will buy sports betting business OpenBet from Light & Wonder Inc for a revised deal value of $800 million, Light & Wonder said on Thursday.

Endeavor said in September last year it plans to buy OpenBet for $1.2 billion.

(Reporting by Shariq Khan; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)

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