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PartyGaming close to 100 mln stg bingo buy-source

Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:01am EDT

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LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Online gaming group PartyGaming (PRTY.L) is close to announcing a 100 million-pound ($163.1 million) deal to buyCashcade, owner of the foxybingo.com Web site, a source familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

The source, confirming a story in the Sunday Times newspaper, said PartyGaming was likely to pay an initial sum of around 75 million pounds followed by a further 25 million depending on the performance of Cashcade in 2009 and 2010.

PartyGaming declined to comment

The deal would be a boost for indebted newspaper publisher Independent News & Media (INME.I), which owns a near-20 percent stake in Cashcade and is looking to sell assets to raise money. (Reporting by Mark Potter; Editing by David Cowell)



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