{"id":777026845,"date":"2025-05-23T08:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T11:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777026845"},"modified":"2026-04-21T22:42:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T01:42:17","slug":"intralot-denies-potential-acquisition-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/intralot-denies-potential-acquisition-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"Intralot denies reports of acquisition in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reports had suggested it was planning to make an offer for Tabcorp&#8217;s Max Gaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- Intralot has denied reports that it is in negotiations over the possible acquisition of Max Gaming, Tabcorp&#8217;s gaming monitoring arm. The Australian had cited sources saying that the investment bank Macquarie Capital was working with Tabcorp on a possible deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Intralot said in a statement: &#8220;In reply to the query no. 1147\/21.05.2025 of the Hellenic Capital Market Commission and in relation to press reports concerning the acquisition of a company in Australia, Intralot clarifies that no binding agreement of this kind exists. Currently Intralot is not conducting any negotiations relating to any acquisition in Australia.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tabcorp launched a strategic review last year but says no decision has been made to sell Max Gaming. It holds an estaimted 67 share of the slots monitoring in Australia, according to the Australian. Intralot currently has Victoria&#8217;s monitoring licence until 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/01\/Chinese-should-not-gamble-in-Cambodia-embassy-warns-300x200.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/queensland-gaming-revenue-rises-in-march'>Queensland gaming revenue rises in March<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports had suggested it was planning to make an offer for Tabcorp&#8217;s Max Gaming.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"featured_media":26548,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Intralot has formally denied recent press reports suggesting it was in negotiations to acquire Max Gaming, Tabcorp's gaming monitoring division in Australia. This clarification follows a query from the Hellenic Capital Market Commission, with Intralot stating no binding agreement or current negotiations for an Australian acquisition exist. Tabcorp, which holds an estimated 67% market share in Australian slots monitoring, had previously initiated a strategic review but has not confirmed a decision to divest Max Gaming.","focusai_entities":"Intralot, Tabcorp, Max Gaming, Macquarie Capital, Hellenic Capital Market Commission","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"investor_analyst (1.0), ceo_executive (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.7), tech_data (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Tabcorp's Max Gaming Strategy?","query":"What is the strategic rationale behind Tabcorp's ongoing review of Max Gaming, and what are the potential implications for its B2B segment valuation?"},{"label":"Intralot's APAC M&A?","query":"How does Intralot's denial impact its broader M&A strategy in the APAC region, particularly concerning its existing Victorian monitoring license?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[289,29,24619],"class_list":["post-777026845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-finance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026845","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\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777026845"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777026871,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777026845\/revisions\/777026871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777026845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777026845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777026845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}