PokerStars Details Plans for Full Tilt Poker Re-Launch and Payment of $184 Million to Players

PokerStars Details Plans for Full Tilt Poker Re-Launch and Payment of $184 Million to Players

ONCHAN, Isle of Man, September 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

                   FullTiltPoker.com to re-launch in first week of November

    PokerStars revealed details of its plan to repay $184 million to former customers of
Full Tilt Poker outside of the United States of America and announced that
FullTiltPoker.com will re-launch during the first week of November.

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    PokerStars has been working with regulators in all relevant jurisdictions to ensure
that repayment is conducted in strict compliance with local regulatory requirements that
ensure the security of player accounts and confirmation of the rightful ownership of those
accounts.

    Depending upon their jurisdiction, players will follow slightly different processes
for accessing their funds.

       
        - France, Spain, Denmark, Estonia and Belgium: In order to comply with local
          regulations, former Full Tilt Poker players will be repaid through the
          locally-licensed PokerStars platform. Players will 'pair' a PokerStars account with
          their Full Tilt account allowing them to withdraw or use their balances on the
          licensed PokerStars site.
        - In Italy, PokerStars is working with regulators to determine the appropriate
          process to ensure compliance with local regulations. Those details will be announced
          as soon as possible.
        - In all other markets (with the exception of the USA), Full Tilt Poker players
          will have full access to their accounts when http://www.FullTiltPoker.com
          re-launches during the first week of November.

    PokerStars received the assets of Full Tilt Poker this summer under a wide-ranging
agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice. As part of that agreement, PokerStars
committed to repaying the former Full Tilt Poker players outside of the United States. The
total of those balances is USD$184 million. PokerStars also paid the U.S. Government
USD$547 million, which will in part be used to reimburse former Full Tilt Poker customers
in the United States through a remission process to be administered by the U.S.
Government.

    About PokerStars:

    PokerStars operates PokerStars.com [http://www.pokerstars.com ], the world's most
popular online poker site that serves the world's largest poker community with more than
49 million registered members since it launched in December 2001. It is the first choice
of the world's top players, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else, and with the
best security online. More hands have been dealt on PokerStars.com than on any other site;
that's over 85 billion hands and more than 590 million tournaments played.

    PokerStars.com and PokerStars.eu operate worldwide under licenses from the Isle of Man
and Malta governments, respectively. PokerStars also operates under separate government
licenses in Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, France, Italy and Spain.

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CONTACT: Eric Hollreiser, tel: +44(0)1624652787,email: eric.hollreiser@pokerstars.com