Tag Archives: PokerStars
GVC Quietly scoops Online Casino Software firm Cozy Games
GVC quietly snags real money casino software engineer Cozy Games. UK-based GVC Holdings has become quite the online gambling behemoth. The investment firm has been on an acquisitional warpath in recent years. After breathing new life into Bwin.party Digital Entertainment, then abandoning on a bid for Canada’s Amaya Gaming (now … Continue reading
PokerStars admits ownership of Online Poker Super-Affiliate
Stars Group reveals ownership of online poker super-affiliate media giant PokerNews, but for how long? The online poker affiliate business can be a very lucrative one for those who put enough time and effort into it. Of the tens of thousands of affiliates in the world, only a rare few … Continue reading
AMF accuses Baazov of being Front-Man for Amaya
AMF says Canada iGaming firm Amaya didn’t belong to David Baazov. For years, David Baazov has been making headlines as a ruthless, but inexorably successful, Canadian businessman. Up until last year, he was the proud CEO of Amaya Gaming (now The Stars Group). That changed when he stepped down from … Continue reading
Q1 Profits Soar for Canada Internet Betting Firm Amaya
Things are looking way up these days for Amaya Inc., the Canada internet betting giant that owns PokerStars. According to the latest financial reports, the company experienced a substantial rise in first quarter (Q1) revenue, attributed largely to a spike in customer activity. “We continued our momentum in the first … Continue reading
BC Questions Sturdy’s Investment in Canadian Online Casino Firm
Is British Columbia’s Liberal MLA Jordan Strudy sleeping with the enemy? That’s what government officials would like to know after a media outlet revealed documents showing the BC politician bought stock in Amaya, an unregulated Canadian online casino firm that competes with PlayNow, the provincially run internet gambling website of … Continue reading