Amaya Inc subsidiary PokerStars has confirmed that it has been granted a sports betting license by Danish gambling authority Spillemyndigheden. Issuing a statement, Amaya detailed that the PokerStars brand had been granted a temporary one year sports betting operator licence. PokerStars management will further move to apply for a full five year licence tenure. The PokerStars brand will be allowed …
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David Baazov CEO of Amaya Inc has confirmed that subsidiary PokerStars will launch a sports betting product under the brand BetStars.com The confirmation by Baazov follows last weekend’s speculation that Amaya Inc were preparing to launch a sports betting focused product, having acquired multiple domain names connected to the brand term BetStars.com. Presenting Q3 2015 performance figures, Baazov detailed that …
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KPMG Isle of Man has announced the speaker line-up for its sixth annual eGaming Summit, which includes major international industry experts as well as key representatives of the local eGaming cluster. This year’s Summit will take a closer look at industry developments over the last 12 months and explore other elements that make the sector tick. There will once again …
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Amaya Inc has this morning announced that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) has approved its operations to offer licensed online gambling services through PokerStars and Full Tilt brands. The long awaited approval marks Amaya Inc’s entry into the US market, a key dynamic for the Toronto listed operators future corporate growth strategy. Amaya brands will be distributed …
Read More »As legal and political concerns grow over the promotion of daily fantasy sports (DFS) products in the US. The burgeoning sector is still very much appealing to major brands, gambling operators and technologies. Scott Longley places DFS current context under the spotlight… ____________________ The beginning of the NFL regular season is always a keenly anticipated event, but this year it was …
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PokerStars (Amaya Inc) will celebrate ten years of having its operational headquarters in the Isle of Man by hosting a UKIPT poker festival at the Villa Marina which begins on 1 October. PokerStars marketing announced that the poker festival would kick-off with a free to view 3D projection and lighting spectacle on 30 September. Issuing a corporate statement PokerStars commented …
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PokerStars has announced that it is taking bets on the winner of the World Championship of Online Poker $51,000 Super High Roller event, which takes place 20-21 September. Team PokerStars Pros Daniel ‘KidPoker’ Negreanu and Jason Mercier, along with Chris ‘Moorman1’ Moorman, who has more than $6.5m in cashes at PokerStars, are the current early favourites at odds of 13.00 …
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Amaya Inc has announced its entry into the US daily fantasy sports market (DFS) by confirming the acquisition of real money operator Victiv for an undisclosed sum. Victiv is set to re-brand as StarsDraft ahead of its planned US launch In March Amaya had outlined that it would look to enter the US DFS market ahead of the start of …
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Issuing a 2015 H1 update, Toronto listed Amaya Inc noted that its customers were embracing its non-poker offerings as the operator recorded a 5% increase in group revenues to CAD $ 656 million (2014: CAD $624 million). Amaya the owning company of PokerStars and Full Tilt gaming brands, would record growth on all key metrics for both Q2 and H1 …
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Manx Telecom PLC Tuesday said it has signed a contract for online poker operator PokerStars to be its anchor tenant for the second phase of Manx’s Greenhill Data Centre. Manx, a communication services provider on the Isle of Man, said that the three-year data hosting contract will see a total of 48 data hosting racks and associated equipment moved from …
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