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Pokerstars launch first online casino ad campaign

21 Nov 2016

Amaya Inc’s Pokerstars brand has launched its first online casino dedicated TV advertising campaign across U.K. digital stations and video display advertising. The debut advertisement showcases PokerStars Casino games such as slots, blackjack and roulette to a mainstream audience as the company strives to grow its new player base outside of the existing PokerStars accumulative …

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Pokerstars Casino punters in the money

21 Sep 2016

PokerStars Casino has notified three jackpot hits, all within a relatively short space of time and awarded to long standing PokerStars customers. Lithuanian punter “CyprusBit” won $994,218.41 off a $10 spin on Genie Jackpots, Dutch player “degalactico” hit it big on “Pig Wizard” pocketing $79,816.09 and UK customer “zellone87” snagged $53,961.95 on Winstar.

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Amaya moves into Romanian market

27 Aug 2016

The Amaya online gambling group has joined the rush into the new Romanian regulated online gambling market, announcing that subsidiaries Pokerstars and Betstars have secured licensing after introducing software changes to ensure compliance with local regulatory requirements. The licensing becomes effective from September 1 this year, enabling PokerStars.ro, BetStars.ro and Full Tilt to ditch temporary …

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Playtech and Pokerstars in extended content deal

25 Jul 2016

Online gambling games developer Playtech has signed a content agreement with online poker provider PokerStars, extending its existing relationship with the world’s largest online poker site and its fast-growing online casino. PokerStars has gone live on desktop and mobile with a variety of Playtech titles, including progressive jackpot games and in-house hits, such as White …

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Italian online casinos performed well in May

7 Jun 2016

Operators in the Italian online casino market have reported outstanding results in May, according to the latest information from the Italian media agency Agimeg, which reports official figures showing that on a year-on-year basis the vertical delivered revenues up 30.3 percent at Euro 34.7 million. The results underline continuing positive progress for online casino action …

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UK newspaper highlights online gambling success

22 May 2016

The Mail on Sunday reported on the success of the online gambling industry over the weekend, but juxta positioned the detail with problem gambling examples and a quote from an academic who appears to believe that tighter government regulation is necessary. Using 2014 Gambling Commission figures, the report claims that the UK online gambling business …

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Pokerstars in eSpots deal

19 May 2016

PokerStars has announced a ground-breaking new sponsorship deal with Team Liquid, a popular and successful professional eSports gaming organisation, in a deal that will see several Team Liquid pros introduce poker into their gaming repertoire, showcasing online poker to new audiences on their popular Twitch channels, and demonstrating similar skills, challenges and competitive elements that …

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Have Amaya’s troubles weakened Pokerstars’ California alliance?

9 Apr 2016

The insider trading charges laid against Amaya’s temporarily departed CEO David Baazov could represent a threat to the California online poker legalisation alliance that subsidiary Pokerstars has formed with cardrooms and tribal groups, according to a report in the publication Online Poker Report this week. The report notes that Lynn Valbuena, an influential leader in …

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Amaya – Pokerstars transactional waiver renewed in New Jersey

1 Apr 2016

Amaya management must be breathing a sigh of relief following the news today (Friday) that the New Jersey Division for Gaming Enforcement has renewed the transactional waiver that enables it to operate for a further six months whilst its full licence remains under consideration. In a three week period filled with bad news for the …

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Lithuanian regulator bans more online gambling operators

5 Mar 2016

The head of Lithuania’s Gaming Control Authority, Virdzhiniyus Dauksys, had harsh words this week for online gambling operators who continue to offer their products to Lithuanians without the requisite licensing, describing the practice rather melodramatically as equivalent to smuggling. Dauksys was announcing the latest moves in his organisation’s action against unlicensed operators following the introduction …

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Clasg between Amaya and previous owners of Pokerstars continues

29 Feb 2016

It appears that the Scheinberg family – the previous owners of the Oldford group who sold to the Canadian company Amaya Inc. for $4.9 billion – remain adamant that they are not going to release money from an escrow account required by Amaya to fight expensive legal disputes . Our readers will recall that the …

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Amaya lodges appeal on Kentucky dispute

23 Feb 2016

Online gambling group Amaya Inc. has issued an update on its legal struggle with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, reporting that it has filed a notice of appeal against the previously announced December 23, 2015 Kentucky trial court order for damages against its subsidiaries (see previous reports) and has posted a US$100 million supersedeas bond to …

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Amaya gets off lightly in Italian tax settlement

13 Jan 2016

Amaya Inc. issued a statement Wednesday revealing that it has paid Euro 5.9 million as a full and final settlement with Italian tax authorities to resolve a previously disclosed Pokerstars tax dispute (see previous reports). The Italian Guarda di Finanz originally estimated that approximately Euro 85 million was owed by a subsidiary of Amaya related …

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Good news for Dutch online gamblers

1 Dec 2015

Dutch online punters will be pleased by the news that the Amsterdam Court of Appeal has ruled that Dutch players are not liable to pay any taxes on their winnings on PokerStars.eu. The publication Poker News reports that the case was taken to the courts by PokerStars player Freerk Post and his legal firm Taxwise …

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New Jersey regulators report on Pokerstars released

10 Oct 2015

The New Jersey Directorate of Gaming Enforcement has released its 89-page report detailing a conscientious and exhaustive investigation into Pokerstars and its parent group Amaya and their suitability for licensing. The regulator recently issued a transactional waiver to the company, allowing it to enter the New Jersey market in partnership with Resorts Casino Hotel (see …

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Amaya shares surge on New Jersey news

1 Oct 2015

The announcement that online gambling group Amaya Inc. and its subsidiaries Pokerstars and Full Tilt have been cleared for operations in the regulated and licensed New Jersey online gambling market triggered a surge in the company’s share price Thursday, taking the stock to its highest level in 15 months. The stock jumped 15 percent to …

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Pokerstars probes DFS possibilities in the U.S.A

16 Jul 2015

Amaya Gaming, the parent group for Pokerstars, appears to be preparing the ground for a possible entry into the daily fantasy sports market in the United States, a move it telegraphed earlier this year in its corporate reportage (see previous  reports). The publication Legal Sports Report published details this week of a Pokerstars survey sent …

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New online slots in Italy prove popular

27 Jun 2015

The change in Italian online gambling regulations allowing operators to offer casino games and notably slots has proved to be popular with players according to local media reports. Pokerstars’ dedicated Italian operation is among the first to offer online slots this month following its introduction of blackjack and roulette in May.  The new slot games …

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Pokerstars launches UK sportsbook

4 Jun 2015

Pokerstars has taken the plunge, releasing its sportsbook in the UK market and accepting bets on football, tennis, basketball, ice hockey, rugby union, handball, and volleyball, with more promised soon. The new vertical is accessible via the Pokerstars 7 client, and mobile punters are catered for on both iOS and Android app formats. The sportsbook …

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NetEnt provides Pokerstars with online casino games 

15 May 2015

Earlier this year NetEnt started to deliver online casino games and services to Full Tilt, sister company to Pokerstars in the Amaya Gaming group (see previous  report); this agreement has now been expanded with the delivery of casino games to Pokerstars, and these went live this week.    A NetEnt spokesman said Friday that the Swedish provider continues to expand its customer …

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Italian online casino action from Pokerstars

8 May 2015

The Isle of Man-based online poker giant Pokerstars continued its expansion into other verticals this week with the launch of online casino games on the Pokerstars.it website in the Italian market. Roulette and a range of Blackjack variants are in the vanguard of the new offering, which allows players to move funds freely between casino …

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Pokerstars launch casino games in Italy

6 May 2015

A dedicated casino tab on the PokerStars.it  website now offers real-money and play-for-fun casino games for the Italian market. PokerStars said multi-player social experiences will be at the forefront of the games on offer, with players able to play, chat and interact with other players. Casino games have a single-wallet integration allowing customers to play …

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Games Marketing pens Rational Group agreement

16 Apr 2015

Table games supplier Games Marketing has concluded a multi-year deal on behalf of its parent company Progressive Games Partners (PGP) to supply content to Ration Group subsidiaries PokerStars and Full Tilt. PokerStars and Full Tilt will have access to a number of the company’s latest games, beginning with the roll-out of Double Ball Roulette and …

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Betfair and Pokerstars connectivity issues

15 Apr 2015

Wagering giants PokerStars and Betfair reportedly experienced major connectivity problems over the past weekend with Betfair taking to Twitter Monday to confirm the company was fighting off a DDoS attack. “We’re currently experiencing a DDoS attack on our site. We’re working to fix this as quickly as possible,” the tweet informed. While PokerStars have not …

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