there is no reason to fear private sector monopolies.

monopolies are only bad when they are imposed by the government.

for example, if the government only gave one company a licence to run an online poker room... that would be bad because it could rip off the consumer.

but in the case of poker stars... where they gained their monopoly status by offering a better product/service than their competitors and built a good reputation... it's actually good that they have a near monopoly because that means that the bad companies have been weeded out and the consumer will not be ripped off by these other sites that are not run with the same integrity as pokerstars.

500 followers is not credible do not post this garbage

http://www.pokerstars.co.uk/about/ca...wareDevelopers

from pokerfuse twitter

pokerstars software development job - Dublin

I would say screw igamingpost.

This is the site to watch imo: Poker Stars Press Releases

Mod note: Nothing actually there ATM.

Stars hiring a developer in Dublin

http://www.pokerstars.co.uk/about/ca...wareDevelopers

My first thoughts on the matter:
1. I am way more comfortable with Stars buying FTP than GBT (a group of convicted criminals).

2. Yeah 750m sounds like way too much right now, but it is a sound investment and will pay for itself in a few years of operation. They just wiped out the relaunch of the closest competitor, and gained +rep like a mofo in the poker community. Nice move for Stars.

Meh, I just contacted PS support and asked them if the rumours are true or not

on a serious note now, why would the DOJ deny the takeover by GBT on their terms, i.e. paying back 95% immediately and the other high balance players on a fixed date with a 100% certainty. I mean the DOJ cant possibly deny this offer if they would not have had better negotiations with someone else? Because clearly the GBT offer would be better than no deal at all and for me, this would have been just perfectly fine.

From LastLife in PL:

http://pokerfuse.com/news/poker-room..****es-with-doj/

So it's looking like a $420M settlement. That's a bargin, imo, assuming everything is settled. Party paid $300M(and $100m+ from Dikshit?), and they never offered post UIGEA.

That's some fine reading skills sir.

I'm just enjoying F5'n while eating my instant noodles!

it would be pretty cool if they just randomly confirmed it to some dude who emailed them before releasing the news to the public

Amazing, PS buys FT sells to Steve Wynn for ****in profit duhhh,lmao.

Monopoly who gives a damn, the faster everyone gets paid, the faster the DOJ allows online poker in the US, finally we will be able to play our game.

Brilliant! They always come through in need.