pokerstars gettng sold,, 4.9 billion,, why not 5? lol

[RobUBlind]

Trust me I been following poker legislation for a little while now. Awaiting for the major sites to get back in the U.S. This is good news but they are going to make STARS jump thru hoops to get back in the U.S. When they sold to Amaya Gamng the shares went from roughly $5 up to around trading at $29 last time I checked. They are now entering the market for Mexico at the moment which might mean that Mexico has its own POKERSTAR mexican client. If they are induced to the U.S. market I suspect it will be in New Jersey first as they have been trying to make a deal with them, and have political backers there lobbying for them, and as long as the U.S. government does not get too greedy and try to push them out we may see them enter the U.S. market in early 2015 due to a probation period set by the D.O.J. to keep them from applying for the license for two years which would be in 2015 sometime. Pokerstars have paid their debts so maybe if we are lucky they will expedite this process, who knows? Only time will tell. One thing is for sure, I will have my A game ready when they do. Hope this helps out some of the members here at the forum. Anyone else for some great input would be appreciated, let's keep this thread going.

[EddieTorr]

Good insights, RobU. Keep 'em coming.

[greengiant]

Why 4.9 billion and not 5? I think because a . is 100 million dollars lol

[spensbg1]

4.5 wow i agree too much too

[AshorroR]

I have a question about this change of owner thing... Is it possible that general policies of pokerstars go through major changes because of this?
I mean countries that allowed to play in it and stuff like this.

[Turtleboooy]

Nice man. Played on pokerstars like 5 yrs ago

[abwil2]

what ever happened to 2012? That was supposed to be the year our gov was going to allow poker in the US again..I remember that being the buzz all of the end of 2011.. Then nothing! So excuse me if i dont get excited til its legal in US. We are now 2 years out from that date and still nothing, go figure.. Here we give billions to terrorist country's (for ALOT of years) yet wont let poker be legalized for the income that would help off set ALOT of things budget wise.. So repubs are draggin it thru a SLOW process hoping it will just die out. It would be nice if it ever gets legalized but i have no confidence in our gov on doing the right thnings. We have lottery (which is PURE luck) but not poker which is supposed to be a game of skill but then again maybe thats why it isnt legal yet cause of how horrible these RNG's are. Nothing like live poker, not even close