Amaya Gaming has recently purchased Rational Group, which operates PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker – both of which were kicked out of the American gambling market in 2011. The company has expressed interest in getting PokerStars back into the American online gambling industry, and Amaya will work hard to make it so.

In case you’re not familiar with Black Friday, it was a day in April 2011 when three online poker rooms (Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker) were apprehended by the American Department of Justice. They were kicked out of the American gambling market for unlawfully operating online gambling sites. Now, the American government has started legalising online poker in individual states.

However, shamed companies like PokerStars would be unlikely to receive gambling licenses in New Jersey, Nevada and other states that are considering regulating intrastate online poker. Now that the company has a new owner, there is a possibility that the operator will be welcomed back into the American regulated gambling industry.

There are rumours that PokerStars will sever its ties with the owners of the site. It is likely to be one of the conditions of the deal with Amaya Gaming, and it could provide the online poker room with better chances of being granted a license into the American gambling market. There is also talk of Amaya bringing PokerStars into Quebec’s regulated gambling market.

The partnership certainly puts PokerStars into a great position to enter the Canadian online poker market. “It comes as no surprise to many industry analysts that Amaya would immediately open doors for PokerStars.

Amaya Gaming just happens to be located in Quebec as well, and Loto-Québec has not seen the return it promised to bring in, as profits were down in 2013 by 10.5 percent and with it, the corporation’s dividends,” says a spokesperson for Loto Quebec.

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