It’s been a long road for PokerStars since April 15, 2011, but after clearing numerous regulatory hurdles and enduring an ownership change they dealt their first official legal hand of online poker in the United States on Monday in New Jersey.
“It's clearly a milestone for the company and for our history, with Amaya being free and clear to operate in the U.S.,” said Eric Hollreiser, Vice President of Corporate Comms., Amaya Inc. and PokerStars. “Psychologically, it’s important. It’s important from a business perspective, too, and although it's a small amount of a business, it is a beachhead into what will be a much larger licensed US market in the future.