September 17, 2015
US and European mainstream media are carrying reports on a malware scam that appears to target the largest online poker sites Pokerstars and Full Tilt. The scam was spotted by San Diego-based security company Eset, where specialists advise that it impacts players with accounts at the two major poker providers. The spyware has been dubbed […]
September 3, 2015
Amaya Gaming, the parent group of the Pokerstars and Full Tilt online poker brands, is pulling out all the stops this (September) month, with each brand running separate online tournaments over similar timeframes. The major action will be over at Pokerstars, where $45 million in prize pools guarantees over 70 events will be on offer […]
August 14, 2015
Management at Full Tilt continued to apply the new recreational player-favoured company strategy this week, announcing new reward structures for its Player Club members. In a statement the company detailed the rewards, which include boosting giveaways in free-roll tournaments; mystery prizes for regular weekly players; and added money tournaments. “In the first month after Players […]
August 7, 2015
It’s early days yet, but Full Tilt’s recent and radical changes intended to attract more recreational players (see previous reports) have so far seen a negative reaction in terms of cash game traffic, which dipped an alarming 20 percent from a seven day daily average of 1,000 players to 800, according to independent monitor Pokerscout. […]
July 29, 2015
Full Tilt m.d. Dominic Mansour has followed up on his pledge to make his online poker division more recreational player-friendly (see previous reports) with a series of important changes to Full Tilt policy. The changes involve heads-up cash, nosebleed stakes and Mixed Games, all of which have been removed, and new measures to prevent table […]
July 28, 2015
Full Tilt, a Rational Group subsidiary and sister site to Pokerstars, has reportedly suffered a 44 percent decline in players since the beginning of this year – from an average of 1,800 seats filled in cash games to just 1,000. That has clearly caught the attention of management as more than just a seasonal phenomenon, […]
July 9, 2015
In an interview with the publication Pokerlistings this week Full Tilt managing director Dominic Mansour confirmed he has big plans to make the network more attractive to recreational players, and that the funding needed to do this would have to come from increased rake on some games. “Whilst in the last six months we’ve taken […]
May 14, 2015
Amaya Gaming Group’s Full Tilt business has been licensed to operate in the Danish market, joining sister-group PokerStars with the launch of online poker and casino games. The company holds licensing in the United Kingdom, Malta, Isle of Man and Denmark following its relaunch in 2012.
March 29, 2015
Illinois court Judge David Herndon has ended the Sonnenberg saga, a long-running duo of class action lawsuits against Pokerstars and Full Tilt that dates back to 2012 (see previous reports). Illinois residents Kelly Sonnenberg and Judy Fahrner launched the litigation, citing the Illinois Loss Recovery Act, an old statute that allows individuals to collect “illegal […]
March 21, 2015
Montreal-based online gambling group Amaya Gaming Inc. announced Friday that it has received licenses from the UK Gambling Commission for PokerStars.com and Full Tilt to operate online poker and other gaming within the United Kingdom. Since late 2014, the brands had been operating under temporary continuation licenses, having previously been white- listed under Isle of […]