{"id":777016702,"date":"2024-06-25T09:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T12:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016702"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:46:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:46:38","slug":"skycity-sells-shareholding-in-gaming-innovation-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-sells-shareholding-in-gaming-innovation-group","title":{"rendered":"SkyCity sells shareholding in Gaming Innovation Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The casino operator expects net proceeds of NZ$55m (US$33.7m) after brokerage and legal costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited has announced through a company filing that it has entered into an unconditional agreement to sell its entire shareholding of around 10 per cent in the online gaming platform provider and media services operator Gaming Innovation Group (GiG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator said it expects net proceeds of the sale to be NZ$55m (US$33.7m) after brokerage and legal costs. The company will use the proceeds to pay down debt. The shareholding acquired in April 2022 for NZ$40m (US$26.8m) was considered non-essential to SkyCity&#8217;s core operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SkyCity said it continues to &#8220;have a valuable relationship with GiG through its involvement with the SkyCity Online Casino (operated from Malta).&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/federal-court-approves-us44-5m-settlement-between-skycity-and-austrac\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Court approves US$44.5m settlement between SkyCity and AUSTRAC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The casino operator expects net proceeds of NZ$55m (US$33.7m) after brokerage and legal costs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":24747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"SkyCity Entertainment Group has divested its entire 10% shareholding in online gaming platform provider Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) for net proceeds of NZ$55m (US$33.7m). This strategic move, generating a capital gain from the NZ$40m acquisition in April 2022, aims to reduce SkyCity's debt. SkyCity confirms it will maintain its operational partnership with GiG for the SkyCity Online Casino, which is operated from Malta.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group Limited, Gaming Innovation Group, AUSTRAC","focusai_location":"Australia, Malta","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SkyCity Capital Strategy?","query":"What is SkyCity's revised capital allocation strategy following this divestment and the AUSTRAC settlement, and how will it impact future investment in core gaming verticals?"},{"label":"GiG Shareholder Strategy?","query":"How does Gaming Innovation Group plan to manage potential shifts in its shareholder base and strategic partnerships following SkyCity's divestment, particularly concerning its B2B platform growth initiatives?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157,158],"tags":[24411],"class_list":["post-777016702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","category-slider-home","tag-skycity-entertainment-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016702"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016730,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016702\/revisions\/777016730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}