FCP Bob 1,321 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Big News PokerStars New Jersey Site Approved By Regulators, Talk Turns To When Online Poker Giant Will Launch In NJ Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,321 Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 World's largest poker business to enter regulated online gaming market in the United States MONTREAL, Sept. 30, 2015 /CNW/ - Amaya Inc. (TSX: AYA; NASDAQ: AYA) ("Amaya" or the "Corporation") today announced that the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (the "DGE") has authorized it to operate the PokerStars and Full Tilt brands in New Jersey. The approval follows an unprecedented review by the DGE of Amaya's acquisition of PokerStars and Full Tilt in August 2014. The approval enables the entry of the world's largest poker business into the United States. "We are very pleased to add New Jersey to the long list of regulated markets that have found PokerStars and Full Tilt suitable to offer real-money online gaming," said David Baazov, Chairman and CEO of Amaya. "I want to thank the DGE for their thorough and fair review of our business. We look forward to bringing our popular brands, innovative technology, marketing prowess and world-class security and game integrity to the growing New Jersey online gaming market. We anticipate providing additional details of our launch plans in the near future." Amaya is currently in an agreement with Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City to provide online poker and casino offerings in New Jersey through the PokerStars and Full Tilt brands. Amaya has also previously received approvals from the DGE to provide B2B online and land-based gaming solutions in New Jersey. New Jersey gaming regulators have a long history of stringent regulatory oversight and enforcement of gaming operations. The DGE's review of PokerStars was extremely thorough and exhaustive, including a detailed review of Amaya's operations and technology, sworn interviews with more than 70 individuals and visits to approximately a half dozen international jurisdictions. This stringent review found PokerStars to be under strong, ethical and trusted ownership and management with Amaya, and worthy of participating in New Jersey's regulated online gaming market. "Since the acquisition, we have consistently delivered on our stated strategy," said Baazov. "Today's announcement follows the divesture of our B2B businesses for total gross proceeds of approximately US$524.8 million; the launch of casino games on PokerStars, which we estimate has one of the largest active user bases of any online casino; the refinancing of our long term debt and the reduction of our annual interest expense by approximately US$62 million. We are excited about our new product pipeline and enthusiastic that we will experience growth in existing and emerging markets in the future." PokerStars is the world's largest online poker site and Full Tilt is among the world's top online gaming sites. The two brands combined hold a strong majority share of the global online poker market per industry estimates1, and have more than 95 million registered customers. PokerStars recently started to roll out online casino games in select markets and is already estimated by the Corporation to be one of the largest real-money online casino operators in the world as measured by number of unique players. Link to post Share on other sites
serge 904 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Great news. Hopefully by next year we will have California online. Link to post Share on other sites
Rinor81 0 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Saw these news, great news! Maybe after Jersey, more states will start approving poker as well, let's hope so. Link to post Share on other sites
Potomophobia 17 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 I'll be waiting to try it out. Link to post Share on other sites
FCP Bob 1,321 Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share Posted October 9, 2015 New Jersey Posts Findings From Investigation of Amaya, PokerStars Link to post Share on other sites
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