Under new ownership of Amaya Gaming the poker site was allowed back into the US regulated poker market and finally there is a launch date: March 21, 2016.
The PokerStarsNJ.com website have announce a massive $25K We Are In New Jersey Freeroll scheduled for March 27.
Former players of PokerStars that are based in New Jersey have until May 31, to re-register and resurrect their previously registered screen names.
Amaya announced the news just a few hours ago that both brands PokerStars and Full Tilt have been granted their license by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement.
PokerStars coming to New Jersey, NJ players have been waiting for the Worlds largest poker site to return to the state since Black Friday.
Under the new ownership of Amaya the company has finally been approved after the PokerStars NJ license application was denied under the ownership of Isai Scheinberg.
The best part about Amaya Gaming is the amount of gaming licenses they have worldwide with more than 100 licenses including: UK and New Jersey.
Under new ownership PokerStars future in US is looking bright and will launch in New Jersey within the next few weeks.
Full Tilt Poker has dropped significantly in poker rankings since Amaya have started to focus on online casino games and new FullTilt live dealer casino.
Many PokerStars pros have been dropped from the roster the latest incident was with WSOP champ Joe Cada who terminated his contract because the site would no longer offer him a 100% rakeback deal.
This week thousands of PokerStars Affiliates were dropped due not bringing enough players or not actively promoting the site.
One of the constants for the most part of the decade has been PokerStars leading the way since 2006 when PartyPoker withdrew from the US market after the UIGEA was introduced.
Full Tilt has since fallen from the list of top 5 online poker sites and focused on online casino games which now includes a Liver Dealer casino. Amaya Gaming acquired The Rational Group, the company which owns both PokerStars and FullTiltPoker, under new ownership the online poker giant hopes gain first position in the regulated poker market in the United States.
888 and bwin.Party were amongst the first to start operating in New Jersey, 888 also provides it’s software for the official WSOP poker site which operates in New Jersey and Nevada. 888 also operates the All American Poker Network and provides software for the Delaware Poker Network which features three online poker sites.
The iPoker Network of more than forty online poker sites keeps their current position in 3rd place with only a few hundred players difference between 2nd place poker site 888poker.
AAPN will be the official network provider for Caesars Interactive Entertainment and Treasure Island which will combine players from Nevada and Delaware. As previously reported Delaware Poker Joins Nevada for Shared Players to help boost the poker traffic in both states, a deal was struck between Nevada and Delaware governors Brian Sandoval and Jack Markell earlier this year.
The All American Poker Network is powered by 888 poker who offer the official poker software for the WSOP online poker room and soon to be released Treasure Island poker site.
The Nevada Gaming Commission gave approval for the AAPN to share it’s players with Nevada and Delaware and possibly opening the door for other states to be added in the near future.
AAPN approved for Multi-State Poker in US
