Allwyn completes the merger with Opap | EUROtoday

Listen to the audio model of the article

Allwyn – a multinational lottery operator listed on the Athens Stock Exchange – has accomplished the merger between Allwyn International and Opap, creating the second largest listed operator on this planet within the lottery and gaming sector. This was introduced by Allwyn herself, who can be a 32.5% shareholder of LottoItalia, concessionaire of the Lotto recreation since 2016. The operation, we learn in a word, relies on a long-standing partnership that dates again to 2013, when the Kkcg Group invested in Opap for the primary time. The mixed firm is a number one, diversified gaming leisure platform.

Following the announcement in October 2025, the deal was permitted in January by Opap shareholders whose 93% of the share capital remained invested within the mixed firm following the restricted train of shareholder exit rights. Once Allwyn completes its buy of securities from money exit shareholders, anticipated in April, the corporate can have 770,799,070 shares excellent, excluding treasury inventory. Of these, 166,406,223 shares will represent the free float (equal to 22%), whereas the remaining shares will proceed to be held not directly by the funding firm KKCG. It stays Allwyn’s intention to pursue an extra itemizing on different main inventory exchanges resembling London or New York.

The firm confirms its intention to distribute 0.80 euros per share to shareholders, following the completion of the share purchases referring to the money exit proper. A scrip possibility shall be obtainable, additional particulars of which shall be revealed in the end. The firm plans to maneuver its registered workplace from Luxembourg to Switzerland by the tip of the second quarter of 2026.