Amaya Gaming is making the move into the daily fantasy sports market with its acquisition of Victiv, which will be re-launched under the name StarDraft. It's a big move for Amaya, parent company of PokerStars, as they seek to expand their reach outside of poker circles. It's also an incredibly crowded market and, as various…
PokerStars is ready to take on every punter on the Emerald Isle now that it's been issued a brand new Irish sports betting license. It's a big move for PokerStars' parent company Amaya Gaming and its embryonic sports betting division. The newly issued license allows PokerStars to start accepting wagers on sporting events, but does…
PokerStars is bringing their case for regulated California online poker directly to the people the Golden State with a star-studded promotional poker tour. The eight-stop tour will hit a variety of California poker rooms and will pit Texas Hold 'Em all stars against local players. Among the poker greats participating in the tour, which begins…
Amaya Gaming has confirmed its intention to enter the fast-growing, and lucrative, fantasy sports market. According to multiple published reports, the Montreal-based igaming giant will have its daily/weekly fantasy sports platform ready to go in time for the 2015 NFL season. Amaya's fantasy sports expansion is part of the company's aggressive strategy to diversify its…
Amaya Gaming released its Q4 earnings report this week and, despite some pretty big losses, the future looks very bright for the Canadian igaming giant. On the bright side of the report Amaya Gaming clocked in revenue of $368.6 million ($291.57 million USD) that's a whopping ten-fold increase over the previous year, which was a…
PokerStars' Italy has been accused by country's financial authority of tax fraud to the tune of €300 million. The accusations were leveled at a PokerStars' subsidiary called, Halfords Media Italy S.r.l., which handles marketing for the Italian operation and include formal charges of tax fraud against the company's CEO. According to a report on PokerNews.com,…
Bovada will no longer be accepting new players from New Jersey, according to an announcement from Betting Partners, their affiliate network. The move comes just days after New Jersey gaming officials sent letters to six major poker affiliates warning them to remove links to unauthorized offshore gaming sites or face legal action. In a press…
New Jersey gaming officials dealt PokerStars' bid to enter the NJ gaming market a serious blow this week. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Division of Gaming Enforcement told company officials that it would be a minimum of two years before they could hope to do business in the Garden State.…
Are poker affiliate partners like PokerStars too quick to shut down supposedly inactive accounts? That's the suggestion making the rounds on affiliate forums recently, and it's being asked about several poker operators, not just PokerStars. The issue bubbled up this week in a posting on AffiliateGuardDog.com titled, PokerStars now also close (sic) your account if…
New Jersey gaming regulators will be passing on PokerStars' attempts to break into the US online gambling market because of ongoing Black Friday-related litigation. According to a recently published report in Poker Player Newspaper, NJ's Division of Gaming Enforcement is reluctant to grant a license to the company because of an outstanding case against its…
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