March 12, 2015
Pokerstars Montreal-based parent, Amaya Gaming, has issued a further comment on the Italian tax issue, news of which broke yesterday (see previous report). In a statement issued late Wednesday to add more clarity to the matter, the company noted: “The tax dispute relates to operations of PokerStars dating from before the acquisition of the company […]
January 22, 2015
No-one appears to know for sure what happened mid-week when a player circulated a graphic he had accessed on his mobile suggesting that Amaya Gaming’s Full Tilt subsidiary had been cleared for online gambling in New Jersey by the state regulator. The player claimed that when he accessed Full Tilt.net from his mobile he was […]
January 17, 2015
Amaya Gaming chief exec David Baazov said in an interview this week with Business News Network that he had anticipated an investigation following a noticeable stock run-up in advance of his company’s acquisition of Pokerstars owner the Rational Group last year. He was not disappointed; in the closing weeks of 2014 the Quebec Financial Markets […]
November 1, 2014
Pokerstars and Full Tilt owner Amaya Gaming Group has announced that the two famous gaming brands have obtained a continuation license to allow uninterrupted service to consumer and business customers in the United Kingdom. The continuation license for PokerStars and Full Tilt was awarded by the UK Gambling Commission in recognition of the existing licenses […]
October 17, 2014
Because it was never a publicly-listed company the Rational Group, parent of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, has in the past not been required to reveal its financial results, but new owner Amaya Gaming changed that this week with the publication of the company’s current half-year numbers as part of a report on the $4.9 […]
July 20, 2014
Soon after the June 2014 announcement that Amaya Gaming was to acquire Pokerstars parent The Rational Group, the company advised that it had commenced talks with the French regulator ARJEL regarding the impact of the ownership change on the licensing for Pokerstars.fr. After inviting the operator to provide it with details, ARJEL has now indicated […]
June 18, 2014
The Pokerstars brand has been putting time in on the player communications front following the buzz around the deal between its parent the Rational Group and Amaya Gaming, with director of poker room operations, Steve Day, doing sterling work on major forums like twoplustwo. The central message is that there will be little change for […]
June 13, 2014
During a conference call Friday on his company’;s $4.9 billion acquisition of The Rational Group (see previous reports), Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov said he regards reviving the Pokerstars deal with New Jersey’s Resorts Casino as a priority. The deal has been on the back burner since the New Jersey regulators put the application on […]