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PokerStars New Jersey SCOOP Tournament to have more than $1 million in guaranteed prize money

May 2, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Online Poker, Poker

PokerStars launched its operations in New Jersey towards the end of March and since then, has gone on to become the number one online poker operator in the garden state. Since the New Jersey market is a relativ...

PokerStars prepares to bring SCOOP to New Jersey

Sadonna Price

April 8, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, New Jersey

The Spring Championship of Online Poker, otherwise known as SCOOP, is one of the most popular online poker tournament series provided by PokerStars. Players in the United States have missed out on the SCOOP for...

Renewal of approval granted to Amaya Gaming for online gambling in New Jersey

Sadonna Price

April 2, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, Licenses, New Jersey

Amaya Gaming first received approval to offer PokerStars and Full Tilt gaming to players located in the state of New Jersey via online gaming sites back in September of 2015. The approval was granted on the 30t...

Class action lawsuit filed in the US against Amaya Gaming amidst inside trading scandal

Sadonna Price

April 1, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, U.S.A., Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, New York

After the announcement of Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov being charged with insider trading, it has now been announced that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States against the Canadian company...

Atlantic City casino revenue up 14.7% in February

K Morrison

March 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, New Jersey

Atlantic City’s casinos managed to wrangle 14.7 percent more from gamblers in February than they did last year. The state Gaming Enforcement Division released figures on Monday that show the New Jersey resor...

PokerStars teams up with NetEnt and prepares for soft launch in New Jersey

Renee Kingsley

March 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Online Poker, New Jersey

Canadian based Amaya Inc, the parent company of PokerStars fought long and hard to get PokerStars back into the U.S market. The biggest online poker website in the world was finally granted a New Jersey license...

PokerStars going live in New Jersey on 21st of March

Alex Lanter

February 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, Licenses, New Jersey

World’s largest poker company PokerStars revealed Thursday afternoon that its New Jersey operations are scheduled to go live on 21st of March. This is the operator’s big return to the US online gaming market, w...

Any responsibility for $870m Kentucky damages rejected by Scheinbergs; says Amaya

K Morrison

February 24, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online Poker, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kentucky

Responsibility for the $870 million judgment awarded to the state by a Franklin Circuit Court judge on December 23 was rejected by the former owners of PokerStars, according to the Canadian online gaming operat...

Amaya Gaming confirms merger of Full Tilt and PokerStars platforms

Alex Lanter

February 17, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Canada, Online Poker, Poker, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Canadian online gaming supplier Amaya Gaming confirmed plans to merge its two well established poker brands Full Tilt and PokerStars into a single platform. There has been speculation that the provider wanted t...

Amaya Inc hires Barclays Capital Canada Inc to review CEO David Baazov’s informal takeover proposition

Renee Kingsley

February 9, 2016

Poker, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships

Amaya Inc CEO David Baazov surprised the poker community last week when a report surfaced that Baazov had plans to acquire PokerStars, the biggest online poker website in the world. Canadian based Amaya Inc acq...

£10m marketing campaign possible for Amaya’s BetStars sports betting brand

Sadonna Price

January 10, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, European Casino News, Sports betting, United Kingdom

PokerStars is ready to work on their marketing campaign for BetStars, the new sports betting brand offered by Amaya Gaming. BetStars will be the first foray by Amaya in the sports betting industry, with Crispin...

PokerStars Caribbean Adventure begins today at Atlantis Paradise

Sadonna Price

January 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Poker Tournaments, Bahamas

The 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure began yesterday in Nassau, Bahamas, with the Atlantis Resort Casino at Paradise Island hosting throughout a nine day time frame, with 104 tournaments on the books. This w...

Kentucky judge orders Amaya to pay the state $870m

Alex Lanter

December 24, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Online Poker, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kentucky

Kentucky Franklin Circuit Court Judge Thomas Wingate ordered Amaya Gaming, a Canadian online gaming operator, to pay $870 million to the state for providing illegal gaming service to Kentucky residents. Last mo...

PokerStars launches BetStars sports betting

Sadonna Price

December 21, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Mobile gaming, Online Gambling News, Sports betting

PokerStars has now confirmed they are now operating a sports betting brand, BetStars, in select jurisdictions around the world. The new online sports book, found at Betstars.com, Betstars.uk and Betstars.eu off...

Amaya wants PokerStars former owners to pick up tab in Kentucky civil suit

Sadonna Price

December 18, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online Poker, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Kentucky

Amaya Gaming, the Canadian company behind the PokerStars brand, has decided to ask the former owners of the online poker site to pay damages that may be imposed by a court in Kentucky in regards to a gambling c...