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    Pokerstars to be sold?

    Twitter has been going apeshit about this today. At first, they were saying it was around $1 billion but know the guy from ESPN is saying that they have an agreement with Amaya for $4.9 billion. Real or bullshit? Any thoughts?

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    Dang! $1 billion is way too low and $5 billion seems about right. Seems a bit crazy to even sell this cash cow though imo.
    Last edited by BeerAndPoker; 06-12-2014 at 06:18 PM.

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    Hopefully this somehow helps with getting poker regulated nationwide in the U.S

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    PokeStars Being Acquired?
    http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sho...Being-Acquired

    Amaya is a much smaller company. This is just PokerStars selling to a shell company hoping they will be allowed into the USA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bukowski72 View Post
    PokeStars Being Acquired?
    http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sho...Being-Acquired

    Amaya is a much smaller company. This is just PokerStars selling to a shell company hoping they will be allowed into the USA.
    Should be a lock that PokerStars and Full Tilt will be allowed back into the USA. Since Amaya already has a foothold in NJ and Nevada it looks like they'll be able to circumvent any "bad actor" clauses that these states initially passed to keep Stars and FTP out in the first place.

     
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    Quote Originally Posted by bukowski72 View Post
    PokeStars Being Acquired?
    http://pokerfraudalert.com/forum/sho...Being-Acquired

    Amaya is a much smaller company. This is just PokerStars selling to a shell company hoping they will be allowed into the USA.
    Correct this is the reverse take over that was discussed last week. Essentially this creates nothing more then a smoke and mirrors distraction to bury Issa Sheinberg's involvement anymore.. He'll still be the puppet master in reality but much like in the movie Casino where Deniro's character got screwed and basically banned by the NGC. (in this case Scheinberg) will likely be in a non-management position potentially as a consultant who knows in order to placate the regulators, that as stated before would in fact eliminate the bad actor clause that would've kept PS and FTP out of the US markets for a significant period of time..

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    Nice to see the Blackstone Group involved. They are heartless bastards. Got this nice grouping of big names doing the financing:

    "Amaya, based in based in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, lined up financing from lenders including Deutsche Bank AG (DBK), Barclays Plc (BARC), Macquarie Group Ltd. and Blackstone Group LP. (BX)"

    No way Adelson will try and fuck with them.


    Good Article on the takeover:
    Amaya Soars to Record After $4.9 Billion PokerStars Deal
    By Christopher Palmeri Jun 13, 2014 11:38 AM ET
    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-0...lion-deal.html

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    Prolly bad timing on my part


    On Thursday, June 12, 2014, <security@pokerstars.com> wrote:
    Dear limitles,

    Thank you for your e-mail.

    We have already fully reinstated your account however due to the previous eCheck returns, your account currently has a restriction which will not allow you to access recently deposited funds by eChecks only after those deposits clear from your bank after 10 days. Please note that as a result of receiving eCheck returns, your account will require 3 successfully cleared eChecks deposits before we can review your request and lift the restriction on your account.

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