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Full Tilt joins PokerStars platform

SBC News Full Tilt joins PokerStars platform

Amaya have announced that Full Tilt will join the PokerStars platform this spring to form one market-leading poker product. Following the merger, each site will retain its own look with a few unique promotions. As reported in Casino News, the two biggest names in poker industry are coming together to form a gaming powerhouse on the biggest online platform in …

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PokerStars replaces regular heads-up cash games

SBC News PokerStars replaces regular heads-up cash games

PokerStars has announced that it will be replacing regular heads-up cash games with its Zoom variant as it continues efforts to become more amateur-friendly. As reported by Bluff Europe, the move from the world’s largest online poker site was revealed earlier this week via emails sent to regular heads-up cash game players and has been designed to reduce ‘predatory behaviour’ and ‘enhance the …

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Amaya to snap up $4.9bn PokerStars

SBC News Amaya to snap up $4.9bn PokerStars

Amaya Gaming Group has agreed a sensational US$4.9bn (£2.9bn)  deal to acquire The Rational Group, operator of the world’s biggest online poker brands PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The deal is backed by Blackstone Group LP’s credit division, GSO Capital Partners, which will buy more than $600 million in convertible preferred shares and other securities. Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Macquarie …

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Full Tilt Poker Sportsbook Rumours Circulate

SBC News Full Tilt Poker Sportsbook Rumours Circulate

Rumours are circulating the igaming industry that Full Tilt Poker, one of the internet’s biggest and most recognised poker rooms are exploring the  possibility of broadening their product inventory by offering players a sports betting platform. The move to offer new igaming and sports betting product channels to customers is part of a new strategy taken on board by Full …

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