Don't think it was denied, just pending.

I also wonder what Stars' business plan is?

Do they keep the sites separate? A lot of intermittent grinders chose FTP over Stars because they couldnt always hit the bonus levels every month.

Interesting to see what happens....

strong 1st post imo

[insert bright color] Tuesday
fingers crossed!

nice life

Theyre buying it so they can open FTP2 right away for americans and get some of that merge money?

Crazy news!

Good for players: we get our money back!!

Bad for players: this will prevent a price war, the promotions if someone else had bought FTP would have been pretty sick, they'd have tried to entice a ton of Stars players across.

Good is def much bigger than the Bad

Wise move from Stars if true, they have a second licence to print money in FTP and also now do not need to worry about a big competitor trying to undercut them.

Included in this is full coverage of player balances, and a legal settlement with the DoJ. This last part is the key to the deal for Stars.

750m includes 80m + fines, etc.

This is basically a lawsuit settlement with the DOJ, FTP and Stars are clean now.

Looks like you're happy.

Pokerstars just solidified their license to print non-US money. They're going to have such a monopoly, they could do almost anything to the rake.

DEFINATELY

bought a 24" screen and had my old 19" as second screen. the 19" broke.
but there WAS a 24" screen i could buy with FT-points back then, and its exactly the same one that i allready have. just missed about 3000 points or so :/

In for the sweat

Stars wont settle Bitar's lawsuits.

this is about FTP as a company and probably whoever owns stars that was indicted.

There's a big difference between 94% of the players getting paid off on day 1 and 94% of the actual money that's owed. DUCY?

you sure this is good news?

I would love to see the reactions from us players, just after they woke up.

a.d.b.l.o.c.k ftw

EXCITED FACE

Although I like the possibility that the news of PokerStars buying Tilt is true and we will get paid back, I'll believe it when I see the balance in my FullTilt account in my bank account

This makes sense for a number of reasons, but the one that people need to be reminded of is the DOJ case against stars. PS is a legitimate company and they don't want the DOJ case hanging over their heads. Especially when it comes to possible re-entry to the US market. Resovling their situation with the DOJ while being the savior of FT balances is a huge public relations boost that makes the upfront costs of FT aquisition easy to swallow.

Not worried about a monopoly at all. Open US market will lead to multiple casino based sites opening. If Stars/FT charges too much rake, alternatives will become more attractive. I'm willing to pay a small upcharge for the software/player pool anyway.

One time please. Let PS handle US payouts instead of having to apply through DOJ.

I am also concerned about this

Whats the odds of EU approving the merger of the two by far biggest poker sites?