{"id":346665,"date":"2025-08-11T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/pointsbet-directors-approve-final-mixi-offer-but-betr-launches-regulatory-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-08-11T20:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T01:20:00","slug":"pointsbet-directors-approve-final-mixi-offer-but-betr-launches-regulatory-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/11\/pointsbet-directors-approve-final-mixi-offer-but-betr-launches-regulatory-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"PointsBet directors approve \u2018final\u2019 MIXI offer, but Betr launches regulatory challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/psbt-300x170.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"PointsBet promotional logo \/ PointsBet directors have unanimously recommended that company shareholders accept the \u2018best and final\u2019 MIXI Australia takeover offer, while rival bidder Betr Entertainment has launched a fresh regulatory challenge.\" style=\"width:100%;height:56.72%;max-width:670px;margin-bottom: 15px\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PointsBet directors have unanimously recommended that company shareholders accept the \u2018best and final\u2019 MIXI Australia takeover offer, while rival bidder Betr Entertainment has launched a fresh regulatory challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIXI confirmed it is willing to shell out AU$1.25 (US$0.82) per share to acquire PointsBet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u2018unconditional\u2019 offer was made after approval was granted by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) of Australia to close in on the deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Although \u2018best and final\u2019 has been used in terms of the proposal, MIXI has stated it retains the right to increase the offer further if it can obtain more than 50% of the overall shareholding.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This could become possible as all shareholders who approved the initial deal to receive an uplift to their price.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As it stands, Mixi is a significant minority shareholder with control of 28.2% of PointsBet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">An <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wcsecure.weblink.com.au\/pdf\/PBH\/02976599.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">official communication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> provided all the latest details on the MIXI takeover offer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/72x72\/23f0.png\" alt=\"\u23f0\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> MIXI PointsBet takeover faces new regulatory challenge from betr<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.1.0\/72x72\/1f449.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc49\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ctv56VngL4\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ctv56VngL4<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/betr?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#betr<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24PBH&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">$PBH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MIXI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MIXI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NEXT.io (@nextdotio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nextdotio\/status\/1954880581730230448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span id=\"betr_alleges_mixi_used_timing_advantage_to_engineer_uneven_playing_field-2\">Betr alleges MIXI used timing advantage to engineer uneven playing field<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The proposed takeover of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/pointsbet-rejects-betr-offer-mixi\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Australian betting platform<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been an ongoing saga, with the latest update representing the 33rd update to PointsBet\u2019s investor relations page over the last four months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIXI appears to have finally secured the upper hand on rival bidder, Betr Entertainment, but the latter still holds hope that it can get a deal over the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Betr had increased its offer to AU$1.35 per share, on all all-scrip basis, but this was rejected by the PointsBet board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now, Betr has taken its case to the Takeovers Panel, alleging MIXI was using a timing advantage to secure the acquisition before its offer could be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Betr is claiming that an uneven playing field has been engineered, putting PointsBet shareholders at a disadvantage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the application to the Takeovers Panel, Betr has presented the case that: \u201cMIXI is seeking to exploit the procedural consequences of ongoing Takeovers Panel proceedings (being a delay in the despatch of Betr\u2019s replacement bidder\u2019s statement and the opening of the Betr Offer) to enhance and potentially secure its control of PointsBet before the Betr Offer is sent to PointsBet shareholders and open for acceptances.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Betr wants interim orders to be granted to prevent MIXI from processing acceptances under the latest offer until the Panel reaches its findings on the issues around its own proposal for PointsBet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Image credit: PB<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/readwrite.com\/pointsbet-directors-approve-final-mixi-offer-but-betr-launches-regulatory-challenge\/\">PointsBet directors approve &#8216;final&#8217; 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