---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001747079-26-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BALY"
cik: "0001747079"
company_name: "Bally's Corp"
filed_at: "2026-06-11T20:13:21+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T20:15:05.025631+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Bally's Intralot to acquire Evoke PLC in all-share deal valuing Evoke at ~£243M

## Summary
- Evoke shareholders to receive 0.537 new Bally's Intralot shares per Evoke share, valuing Evoke at ~£243.1M (£0.52 per share).
- Cash alternative capped at £117.1M; funded via €200M bridge facility from Deutsche Bank and Jefferies.
- £889M second lien term facility led by TPG, Oaktree, OHA to refinance Evoke's 2028 senior debt; no Bally's guarantee except £200M mandatory repayment by Dec 2027 and up to £50M synergy costs.
- Acquisition expected to close between Q4 2026 and Q1 2027, subject to shareholder approvals, gaming and antitrust clearances.
- Bally's Corp (59.44% owner of Bally's Intralot) agrees to vote in favor of necessary resolutions including share issuance and article amendments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001747079-26-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BALY
- cik: 0001747079
- company_name: Bally's Corp
- filed_at: 2026-06-11T20:13:21+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707926000073/0001747079-26-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707926000073/baly-20260605.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001747079-26-000073.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Bally's Corp entered into Cooperation Agreement with Evoke PLC valued at Acquisition valued at approximately £243.1 million; all share acquisition with cash alternative capp (effective 2026-06-05).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: merger
  - Counterparty: Evoke PLC
  - Value: Acquisition valued at approximately £243.1 million; all share acquisition with cash alternative capp
  - Effective: 2026-06-05
  source text: On June 5, 2026, Bally’s Intralot S.A. (“Bally’s Intralot”), a Greek publicly listed company in which Bally's Corporation (the "Company") (through its subsidiaries) holds an investment representing approximately 59.44% (as of March 31, 2026) of the outstanding shares, and Evoke PLC, a company incorporated under the laws of Gibraltar and listed on the London Stock Exchange (“Evoke”), issued a joint announcement that their respective Boards of Directors have reached agreement on the terms and conditions of a recommended all share acquisition by Bally’s Intralot for the entire ordinary share capital of Evoke (the “Acquisition”) and in connection with the same have also entered into a Cooperation Agreement dated June 5, 2026 (the “Cooperation Agreement”), by and among Bally's Intralot, Bally's Intralot Jersey Securities Limited, and Evoke.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1747079/000174707926000073/0001747079-26-000073-index.htm

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