International Game Technology to merge two units with Everi in $6.2 billion deal


FILE PHOTO A screen displays the ticker symbol for International Game Technology PLC IGT at the post where it is traded following its launch on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 7 2015. REUTERSBrendan McDermidFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the ticker symbol for International Game Technology PLC, (IGT) at the post where it is traded following it's launch on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

(Reuters) -International Game Technology said on Thursday it was separating its Global Gaming and PlayDigital businesses and combining them with gaming machine maker Everi Holdings in a deal valued at $6.2 billion, including debt.

The deal follows a review of the two units and will leave IGT a pure-play global lottery business by separating its offerings such as land-based gaming, iGaming, sports-betting and fintech. The lottery business made up more than half of its overall revenue in the third quarter.

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