Apollo Funds Acquire IGT's Gaming & Digital Business from Brightstar Lottery

Brightstar Capital Partners Acquires PlayAGS (AGS) for Approximately $1.1 Billion

August 6, 2024

Media & Entertainment

Affiliates of Brightstar Capital Partners signed a definitive agreement to acquire PlayAGS, Inc. (NYSE: AGS) for $12.50 per share, valuing the transaction at approximately $1.1 billion. The transaction, approved by AGS stockholders and completed June 30, 2025, takes AGS private and is intended to support targeted investments in R&D, operations, and global expansion.

Intralot Acquires Bally's International Interactive for €2.7 Billion

October 9, 2025

Media & Entertainment

Intralot S.A. has completed the acquisition of Bally's International Interactive (formerly Gamesys Group) for an enterprise value of €2.7 billion. The consideration included €1.53 billion in cash and €1.136 billion in newly issued Intralot shares, resulting in Bally's Corporation holding a 58% equity stake in Intralot; the deal positions the combined business as a global iGaming and lottery leader and unlocks significant liquidity for Bally's.

PostePay Acquires IGT's Italian Proximity Payment Business for €700M

September 15, 2022

Payments & Fintech

PostePay S.p.A. – Patrimonio Destinato IMEL completed the acquisition of International Game Technology PLC’s (IGT) Italian proximity payment business from IGT Lottery S.p.A. for €700 million (enterprise value €630 million plus ~€70 million net unrestricted cash). IGT said it will use the proceeds primarily to pay transaction expenses and reduce debt.

Integrated Global Services Acquires AmStar

January 5, 2022

Industrial Services

Integrated Global Services, Inc. (IGS), a portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman & Company, has acquired GE Steam Power’s on-site thermal spray coatings technology, AmStar, including the patented AmStar 888 material. The acquisition expands IGS’s surface protection and corrosion/erosion-resistant coating capabilities to better serve power-generation and industrial customers across the U.S., Europe, South America and Asia.

Apollo Funds Acquire Smart Start (1A Smart Start, LLC)

November 8, 2021

Medical Devices

Funds managed by Apollo Global Management have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global IID Holdco, LLC and its subsidiaries, including 1A Smart Start, LLC (Smart Start), the leading global provider of ignition interlock and alcohol monitoring solutions. Apollo's Impact platform will support Smart Start's efforts to deepen its market position across in-vehicle and portable alcohol monitoring offerings and scale the business; financial terms were not disclosed.

Apollo Interactive Acquires Majority Stake in Blue Fire Leads

March 21, 2024

Marketing & Advertising

Apollo Interactive has made a majority, controlled investment in Blue Fire Leads to expand into the home services vertical; proceeds for the acquisition came from the Riverside Strategic Capital Fund and financial terms were not disclosed. Blue Fire Leads, founded in 2013, is a lead-generation marketing publisher serving home services contractors and has nearly 50 employees across the United States.