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The Stars Group Inc.
Type
Public
Traded as NASDAQ: TSG
TSX: TSGI
Industry Online Gaming
Predecessor Amaya Inc.
Founded 2001; 16 years ago (2001)
Headquarters Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Rafael 'Rafi' Ashkenazi
(CEO)
Divyesh 'Dave' Gadhia
(Chairman)
Products PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, BetStars, PokerStars Casino, PokerStars Championship, PokerStars Festival, PokerStars MEGASTACK
Number of employees
1,800 (2017)
Website www.starsgroup.com

The Stars Group Inc. (formerly known as Amaya Inc. and Amaya Gaming Group Inc.) is a Canadian gaming and online gambling company traded on Nasdaq and the Toronto Stock Exchange (symbol TSX: TSGI)/(NASDAQ: TSG) and headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The company employs around 1,800 people in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. The company's CEO is Rafael 'Rafi' Ashkenazi. The Stars Group Inc.'s Chairman of the Board is Divyesh 'Dave' Gadhia.

The company produces and offers online gaming products and services including poker, casino and sportsbook through its online gaming division, Stars Interactive. These online brands are PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars and Full Tilt Poker.

The Stars Group is also the ultimate owner of the PokerStars Championship, PokerStars Festival and MEGASTACK live poker tournament brands, and brands live poker rooms including PokerStars Live at the Hippodrome Casino London, PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Macau and PokerStars Live at the City of Dreams in Manila.

Stars Interactive is headquartered in Onchan, Isle of Man where PokerStars has had an office for more than ten years.

Stars Interactive, the online gaming division of The Stars Group, is one of the most licensed online gaming companies in the world. It has licences or related approvals to operate from 17 jurisdictions and offers its products and services in Europe, North America and elsewhere. In the jurisdictions where it operates, it either maintains a local licence or approval, or uses multi-jurisdictional licences issued by the Isle of Man or Malta.

In June 2014, the company agreed to buy the parent company of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker, owned by Isai and Mark Scheinberg, for $4.9 billion. The takeover made The Stars Group, then Amaya, the world's biggest publicly listed online gambling company. The deal was closed on August 1, 2014, with final payment being made on May 31, 2017.

In March 2016, Amaya's then CEO, David Baazov, was charged by Canadian regulators with multiple securities fraud charges. He took an indefinite leave of absence shortly thereafter, and resigned in August. On December 20, 2016, Baazov dropped a bid to buy the company with a "virtually unknown" group of outside investors, one of whom denied being involved.

Current CEO Rafi Ashkenazi became Interim Chief Executive Officer of The Stars Group, then Amaya, in March 2016 and then permanent Chief Executive Officer in November, 2016.

On August 1, 2017, the company changed its name to The Stars Group Inc.

Retired General of the United States Army and former Democratic Party presidential nominee Wesley Clark is a former member of the board of directors.

Q reports

Period Date Adjusted Actuals EPS GAAP EPS

Ratings

2016-03-23 Downgrade Desjardins Buy to Hold
2015-12-30 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-12-24 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-11-13 Reiterated Rating Cormark Buy
2015-11-10 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-10-07 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-10-01 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-09-09 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-08-13 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-07-07 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-06-21 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-03-23 Initiated Coverage Clarus Securities Buy
2016-03-23 Downgrade Desjardins Buy to Hold
2015-12-30 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-12-24 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy
2015-11-13 Reiterated Rating Cormark Buy
2015-11-10 Reiterated Rating Canaccord Genuity Buy

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Funds

In AYA 2 funds of 2213 total. Show all

Fund name Ticker shares
Echinus Advisors LLC 2.16M
KCG Holdings, Inc. 10121

Major Shareholders

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