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 28, 2015
Marketers at Pokerstars have come up with a eye-catching promo titled “PokerStars Makes Millionaires” this week, promising to create at least five online poker millionaires within the next two months. The online poker company claims that it has already created over 130 millionaires through its online tournaments and live events, and that new promotions, starting […]
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 […]
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 […]
March 11, 2015
Online poker giant PokerStars has responded to media speculation regarding accusations of fraud and tax evasion levelled against its Halfords Media subsidiary by Italian finance police amounting to Euro 300 million. According to the finance police, Halfords hid its taxable income by decreasing the worth of services performed for its parent company Pokerstars and, by […]
March 7, 2015
PokerStars.eu is continuing to help support the growth of poker in China with the sponsorship of the 2015 Nanjing Millions. The CN¥1 million ($159,000) guaranteed Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) China poker tournament, which has been sanctioned by the Jiangsu Provincial Chess Sports Association, will run April 14-19, 2015 at the Jiangsu Wutaishan Sports Centre. […]
March 4, 2015
A record 1,826 people with an aggregate net worth of $7.05 trillion have made the Forbes 2015 Billionaires list. Mark Scheinberg, co-founder of PokerStars, was listed 10th in Canada’s top 10 richest people 2015 list with a net worth of $4.1 Billion and 405th in the global Forbes 2015 Billionaires List Scheinberg joins heavy hitters […]
March 3, 2015
The news earlier this week that Pokerstars is interested in using the Twitch live streaming broadcast technology for at least some of its tournaments, and has hired expert user and poker pro Jason Somerville to advise on the medium, is being widely regarded as an indication that Twitch is about to become a major element […]
February 20, 2015
Following the news this week that Caesars Entertainment is to join with Amaya Gaming subsidiary Pokerstars in fighting for legalised online poker in California (see previous reports), the poker information site Poker News reached out to the land casino giant for a wider view of its perspective on the evolving situation in both California and […]
February 17, 2015
Online poker provider Pokerstars is pushing the boat out to mark the ninth anniversary of its popular Sunday Millions weekly poker tournament series, putting up $9 million in prize money. The anniversary event takes place on March 8 with the usual buy-in of $215, but a vastly augmented prize pool, and satellites have already commenced. […]