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PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Pleads Guilty to Black Friday Charges
Updated March 26, 10:30 AM ET Nearly nine years after the United States Government Department of Justice charged the owners of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker with operating...
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Investment Firm Denies Involvement with Baazov's Bid to Acquire Amaya
David Baazov, the founder of Amaya and the man responsible for guiding the company's purchase of PokerStars from the Scheinberg family in 2014, has found himself at the center...
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Amaya CEO David Baazov Takes Indefinite Paid Leave of Absence
Just days after being charged with insider trading, David Baazov has taken an indefinite paid leave of absence from his role as Amaya Chair CEO to deal with the...
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Amaya CEO David Baazov Charged with Insider Trading
In the middle of June 2014, Amaya Gaming bought the Rational Group, the parent company of PokerStars and its sister site, Full Tilt Poker, for $4.9 billion. Amaya's stock,...
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Amaya Combining PokerStars & Full Tilt Into Single Player Pool
When PokerStars acquired the Full Tilt Poker assets as part of their Black Friday settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, many wondered about the future of the Full...
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David Baazov Proposes Private Takeover of Amaya and PokerStars
In mid-2014, Amaya Gaming bought PokerStars and Full Tilt in a deal worth $4.9 billion, changing the online poker industry forever. Soon, there could be another upheaval for the...
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UPDATED: PokerStars Meets With Stern, Haxton, Dvoress; No VIP Changes Coming
Isaac Haxton, Dani Stern and Daniel Dvoress finally issued a statement Saturday night, detailing as much as possible their recent meeting with PokerStars and Amaya executives. If...
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Isaac Haxton Parts Ways with Team PokerStars Online
Just a few minutes before boarding a flight to Manila to play the $200,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller Cali Cup in the Philpines, Isaac Haxton dropped a...
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Amaya Says It Will Go After Former PokerStars Owners If Needed In Kentucky
A Kentuckyjudge has ordered that PokerStarspay a minimum of $250 million in damages to the state for offering online poker in the Commonwealth after the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement...
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Shares of Amaya Gaming Drop 28% on Tuesday
It has been a rough week for investors of Amaya Gaming, the parent company of PokerStarsand Full Tilt. On Tuesday, shares of Amaya, which are traded in Toronto under...