Gan PLC was founded in London and led for 13 years by an Irishman, Dermot Smurfit Jr. Its early clients were Italian. It moved its listing to New York and its focus to California to capitalise on the US gaming boom. Now, the US gaming boom having not worked out as hoped, it’s being bought by a Japanese company for $86.7 million – a 121 per cent premium to the market price. Gan’s new buyer is Sega Sammy. Sega is Japanese computer game maker behind the Mega Drive, Dreamcast and Sonic the Hedgehog. Sega found itself in financial difficulties in…

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