{"id":141960,"date":"2020-07-16T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T20:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=141960"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:15:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T22:15:39","slug":"leisure-acquisition-says-no-thanks-to-gateway-casinos-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/leisure-acquisition-says-no-thanks-to-gateway-casinos-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Leisure Acquisition Drops Gateway Casinos Deal, Rare Example of SPAC Taking Pass in Gaming Space"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leisure Acquisition Corp. (NASDQ:LACQ), a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), is scuttling a $1.15 billion deal to merge with Gateway Casinos & Entertainment, a pact that would have taken the Canadian gaming firm public.<\/p>\n