Sept 20 (Reuters) - Slot machine maker Scientific Games Corp SGMS.O said on Wednesday it would buy Canada's NYX Gaming Group Ltd NYX.V for an enterprise value of about C$775 million ($632 million).
Scientific Games will acquire all of the outstanding ordinary shares of NYX for C$2.40 per share, which is more than double the value of NYX's stock as of Tuesday's close. deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2018, the companies said.
($1 = 1.2262 Canadian dollars)