Icelandic investment house FL Group is in takeover talks with Inspired Gaming, which supplies touch-screen roulette terminals to betting shops.
The takeover could be worth up to £270m.
Inspired also has relationships with major pub groups such as JD Wetherspoon and Enterprise Inns.
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