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bmlevy9
What do you guys think of this?
SteveNuts
I'm surprised it's not in the billions, to be honest.
jonknee
Why? They don't have some special access to gambling that others don't and are known for losing phenomenal amounts of money.
mark-ruwt
It's the first of many. Companies have been circling for years, prepping for access to the US market.
[dead] morogop
Brutal. Their most recent round was $275 mil at a $1.3 billion valuation.
sjg007
huge.. this is a big deal.
bantonj
This is probably the first of many sports gambling related moves.
vinnyglennon
Awesome. Fantasytote.com is another Irish service in same fantasy football gambling space having players against each other using a tote, rather than the house setting the odds.
ruairidhwm
Another big win for Edinburgh's tech scene :)
klondike_
FanDuel claims not to be gambling yet they're being bought out by a gambling company. Interesting
anoncoward111
well, i mean, my opinion is that FanDuel is in fact a gambling company, but unalligned businesses do acquisitions all the time

I mean an e-commerce site literally bought a brick and mortar grocery store because it had the money