{"id":242,"date":"2025-01-24T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T09:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/?p=242"},"modified":"2025-01-24T18:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T18:10:48","slug":"novomatic-expanding-global-reach-with-acquisition-of-viking-casinos-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/24\/novomatic-expanding-global-reach-with-acquisition-of-viking-casinos-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Novomatic Expanding Global Reach With Acquisition of Viking Casinos in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\"><\/div>\n<p>Gaming firm Novomatic is looking to expand its global footprint, and its latest move is to acquire the French-based Viking Casinos SAS for an undisclosed sum. The deal will need all the relevant regulatory approvals before proceeding and would see Novomatic add 11 land-based casinos to its portfolio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>one of the country\u2019s biggest casino companies<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Viking Casinos started in 1998, growing into one of the country\u2019s biggest casino companies since then. The country\u2019s land-based sector has been under fire recently, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\/2024\/10\/29\/france-scraps-plan-to-legalize-online-casinos-as-lawmakers-need-more-time\/\">some lawmakers calling for the legalization of online casinos<\/a>, which properties fear would significantly eat into their businesses and lead to closures.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the planned acquisition, Novomatic AG Executive Board Member Stefan Krenn remarked that it provides \u201cthe foundation for further sustainable growth in France.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Viking Casinos SAS CEO Luc Le Borgne echoed these sentiments and believes that the company will benefit from Novomatic\u2019s resources and expertise, allowing it to become more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>Austria-based Novomatic already has an impressive portfolio of properties across the world, operating over 2,000 facilities in approximately 50 countries. It also manufactures slot machines and other gambling-related technology.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\/2025\/01\/24\/novomatic-expanding-global-reach-with-acquisition-of-viking-casinos-in-france\/\">Novomatic Expanding Global Reach With Acquisition of Viking Casinos in France<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vegasslotsonline.com\/news\">Vegas Slots Online News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gaming firm Novomatic is looking to expand its global footprint, and its latest move is to acquire the French-based Viking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":243,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242\/revisions\/243"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sciencexperiments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}