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NEWS RELEASE

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Amaya Gaming Group Purchase of PoerStars Wi!! Gro" theGame of Poer
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– ThePoker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading pokergrassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today respondedwith optimism to the proposed sale of Rational roup, the parent company of Poker!tars theworld"s largest online poker site, to Amaya aming roup #nc$%This is encouraging news for millions of American players who have an&iously awaited thereturn of Poker!tars to the '$!$, said ohn Pappas, e&ecutive director of the PPA$ %Amaya"sac*uisition should remove any perceived impediment for this popular brand to once again beavailable to players in regulated '$!$ +urisdictions$ This is a positive development for pokerenthusiasts and the potential return of the Poker!tars brand will grow our game$ or years,Poker!tars has been a trusted and preferred online poker provider within the player communitywith more than -. percent of PPA members indicating they want the opportunity to play on aPoker!tars site or platform$%Amaya aming has emerged as a force in the #nternet gaming marketplace and today"s newsfurther cements their leadership position$ Adding the Poker!tars platform to their #nternetgaming offerings should make Amaya a very competitive player in the growing '$!$ market$ #am confident that they will continue to offer the same commitment to consumers and level ofservice players have come to e&pect$%# am also hopeful that today"s news will bring the gaming industry together – tribes,commercial casinos, card rooms, lotteries and others – to push as a united front for state andfederal legislation that licenses and regulates #nternet poker$ or too long, competitive infightinghas stalled progress and made the challenge of legislating even more difficult$ There is no sensein battling for pieces of the #nternet gaming pie when competitive urges keep the pie from evengetting out of the oven$ The players, who are left without a safe and regulated place to play, havegrown increasingly frustrated$ /evertheless, the PPA is committed and optimistic about thefuture of #nternet poker in the '$!$ and with the help of our members we will continue to delivera positive message to lawmakers and the public about the merits of regulation, Pappas said$
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Does fulltilt go along with this as well then or?


Maybe I am mistaken, but I thought one of these bought out the other one or took it over...

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pokerstars had taken over full tilt -- so i guess full tilt goes too.
hopefully it does the game good here in the good ol USA
 

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