{"id":204640,"date":"2022-03-09T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=204640"},"modified":"2022-03-09T14:48:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:48:41","slug":"barry-diller-activision-options-trade-catches-feds-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/barry-diller-activision-options-trade-catches-feds-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Investor Barry Diller Hits ‘Lucky Bet’ on Activision Options, Draws Federal Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"
IAC\/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IAC) Chairman Barry Diller, whose company is the largest non-institutional shareholder in MGM Resorts International (NYSE:MGM), is in hot water with federal authorities. They are looking at him regarding a well-timed options bet on video game publisher Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI).<\/p>\n