PokerStars

PokerStars Inc.
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Online poker
Founded	September 11, 2001 in Costa Rica
Founder	Isai Scheinberg and Mark Scheinberg
Headquarters	Dublin, Ireland
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Peter Jackson CEO
Parent	Flutter Entertainment (2020–present)
Website	pokerstars.com

PokerStars is an online poker cardroom.^[1] It is the largest real money online poker site in the world,^[2]^[3] controlling over two-thirds of the total online poker market,^[4] and can be accessed through downloadable poker clients for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.

A PokerStars.com online satellite tournament produced the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP)^[5] champion, Chris Moneymaker. As the first person to become a world champion by qualifying at an online poker site,^[6] Moneymaker's 2003 win was an important factor in catalyzing the poker boom of the mid-2000s. The press has called this the "Moneymaker effect."^[7]

PokerStars was part of The Stars Group until it was sold to Flutter Entertainment, owner of the Irish gambling company Paddy Power, on May 5, 2020.^[8]

^ "A shot across the bow? Malta gaming leaders unfazed by Swedish incursion". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ "PokerStars Review & Marketing Code". pokerscout.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
^ O'Keeffe, Kate (June 13, 2014). "Amaya Gaming to Buy PokerStars Owner". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ Ambrose, Jillian (October 12, 2016). "Is William Hill's Poker-Stars deal the best game it can buy into?". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "Chris Moneymaker's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 24, 2023.
^ "Chris Moneymaker – money800 – Poker Player – PokerListings.com". Pokerlistings. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
^ PokerNews.com: The Moneymaker Effect: Five Years Later. May 23, 2008.
^ "Gambling boss drives merger to completion in uncertain times". Financial Times. May 7, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[1] "A shot across the bow? Malta gaming leaders unfazed by Swedish incursion". MaltaToday.com.mt. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[2] "PokerStars Review & Marketing Code". pokerscout.com. Retrieved January 4, 2020.

[3] O'Keeffe, Kate (June 13, 2014). "Amaya Gaming to Buy PokerStars Owner". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[4] Ambrose, Jillian (October 12, 2016). "Is William Hill's Poker-Stars deal the best game it can buy into?". The Telegraph – via www.telegraph.co.uk.

[mob-5] "Chris Moneymaker's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 24, 2023.

[listings-6] "Chris Moneymaker – money800 – Poker Player – PokerListings.com". Pokerlistings. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.

[7] PokerNews.com: The Moneymaker Effect: Five Years Later. May 23, 2008.

[8] "Gambling boss drives merger to completion in uncertain times". Financial Times. May 7, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

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