Amaya Gaming
| Public | |
| Traded as |
NASDAQ: TSG : TSGI |
| Industry | Online Gaming |
| Predecessor | Amaya |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Area served
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Worldwide |
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Key people
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Rafael 'Rafi' Ashkenazi (CEO) Divyesh 'Dave' Gadhia (Chairman) |
| Products | PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, BetStars, PokerStars Casino, PokerStars Championship, PokerStars Festival, PokerStars MEGASTACK |
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Number of employees
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1,800 (2017) |
| Website | www |
The Stars Group (formerly known as Amaya Inc., Amaya Gaming and Amaya Gaming Group) is a Canadian gaming and online gambling company traded on Nasdaq and the (symbol : TSGI)/(NASDAQ: TSG) and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The company employs around 1,800 people in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The company's CEO is Rafael 'Rafi' Ashkenazi. The Stars Group Inc.'s Chairman of the Board is Divyesh 'Dave' Gadhia.
The company produces and offers online gaming products and services including poker, casino and sportsbook through its online gaming division, Stars Interactive. These online brands are PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars and Full Tilt Poker.
The Stars Group is also the ultimate owner of the PokerStars Championship, PokerStars Festival and MEGASTACK live poker tournament brands, and brands live poker rooms including PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome Casino London, PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Macau and PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Manila.
Stars Interactive is headquartered in Onchan, Isle of Man where PokerStars has had an office for more than ten years.
Stars Interactive, the online gaming division of The Stars Group, is one of the most licensed online gaming companies in the world. It has licences or related approvals to operate from 17 jurisdictions and offers its products and services in Europe, North America and elsewhere. In the jurisdictions where it operates, it either maintains a local licence or approval, or uses multi-jurisdictional licences issued by the Isle of Man or Malta.
In June 2014, the company agreed to buy the parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, owned by Isai and Mark Scheinberg, for $4.9 billion. The takeover made The Stars Group, then Amaya, the world's biggest publicly listed online gambling company. The deal was closed on August 1, 2014, with final payment being made on May 31, 2017.
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