news Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars

[Arpit131]

According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said that it is buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars.

Bwin.Party website is BwinParty.com and the company’s name was created long before the new gTLD’s.

http://www.thedomains.com/2015/07/1...-com-buys-bwin-party-for-1-4-billion-dollars/

 

[brandnow]

Wow could have registered this one for free

 

[-EM-]

Couldn't they get that domain as TM holder?

 

[Chetan]

I believe it's all creating a buzz in market, to increase the value of new gtld's. and it's done by the registry of themselves

 

[-EM-]

Agreed

 

[mad409]

Big money company, taking control of legal U.S. online gambling in states that allow, NJ, NV etc. too...

I remember, before I even had a computer and used web t.v. 888 was around, hmmm.

 

[FPForum]

One of the biggest players in that industry has now bought out another one.. That's allot of money!

I thought Bwin was starting to get into the US gambling stuff.. I know at one time they were allowing NJ residents to signup with them. I wonder if all of that will now be passed over to 888 as well?

 

[mad409]

One of the biggest players in that industry has now bought out another one.. That's allot of money!

I thought Bwin was starting to get into the US gambling stuff.. I know at one time they were allowing NJ residents to signup with them. I wonder if all of that will now be passed over to 888 as well?

It will be and bwin was in NJ too.

 

[Sohaib Hasan]

and they said new gTLDs are a piece of crap. Beat this!

 

[ProDomanico]

Its to create buzz... NOthing else .. guys... don't be fooled

 

[ProDomanico]

Wow could have registered this one for free

Why they wanted to brand themselves using .Party..
As a domainer I would have never thought of registring it..Trademark

 

[mad409]

Why they wanted to brand themselves using .Party..
As a domainer I would have never thought of registring it..Trademark

bwin probably bought .party as a defensive measure and that's all. bwin.com is established, has been therefore .party should be ignored within this merger.

 

[ProDomanico]

bwin probably bought .party as a defensive measure and that's all. bwin.com is established, has been therefore .party should be ignored within this merger.

Understood

 

[ProDomanico]

Is the payment done to registry or someone had a jackpot

 

[brandnow]

Is the payment done to registry or someone had a jackpot

They would be crazy to pay that to the registry when they could just pay .99 cents from a registrar to get it.

 

[Fancy.domains]

Hello,

This has almost nothing to do with new gTLDs...

 

[RU]

wow. that's crazy.

 

[brandnow]

Should have invested in Bwin.Party Well, hindsight is 20/20

 

[BostonDomainer]

According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said that it is buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars.

Bwin.Party website is BwinParty.com and the company’s name was created long before the new gTLD’s.

http://www.thedomains.com/2015/07/1...-com-buys-bwin-party-for-1-4-billion-dollars/

Smart purchase by 888. Smart move by .Party to use this big news to their advantage. .Party is capitalizing on the sheer size of this deal and it's reach on the news circuits. This is good marketing imo and good for the GTLD market. Sure the news has nothing to do with the domain itself but on taking hold of licenses and territory but so what. Registries...Get your name out there in front of the public in short time! If you tell them... and keep telling them.... they will come. Or at the very least... know you exist.

 

[Asfas1000]

If I remember correctly Bwin had acquired PartyPoker and operating from bwinparty.com ?