The Stars Group's PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship Combine for a $63 Million Prize Pool

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) -

The Stars Group (NASDAQ: TSG) (TSX: TSGI) today announced the
success of the annual PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA), which
immediately followed the first ever PokerStars Players No-limit
Hold'em Championship (PSPC), two major live poker tournaments
sponsored by its flagship poker brand.

Combined, the PCA and PSPC, which both took place at the Atlantis
Resort & Casino in the Bahamas, awarded a total $63 million over 11
days of competition.

"Together, the PCA and PSPC have set a new standard for live
events of this kind," said Rafi Ashkenazi, Chief Executive Officer of
The Stars Group. "These tournaments created many winning moments and
exciting stories for our players and staff, particularly for Ramon
Colillas, who won over $5 million from a free entry. It's a great
start to the year."

The PSPC took place from January 6 to 10 and was the largest
$25,000 buy-in poker tournament in history with a field of over 1,000
players from and a total prize pool of $26.5 million, including $1
million added to the prize pool by PokerStars for first place.

Spanish poker player Ramon Colillas took home the $5.1 million
PSPC first-place prize and was one of six millionaires made during
the event. Colillas qualified for the PSPC for free as one of 320
PokerStars customers who won a PSPC Platinum Pass during 2018, which
in addition to the $25,000 buy-in covered travel and hotel
accommodations.

The PCA ended on January 16 and awarded a total prize pool of
$36.3 million. The event attracted over 1,600 players representing 79
countries and generated over 11,000 entries. The $10,300 buy-in 2019
PCA Main Event attracted 865 entries, with a total prize pool of $8.4
million and Main Event first place prize of $1.6 million.

The next major live poker tournament on the PokerStars 2019
calendar is the PokerStars-sponsored European Poker Tour (EPT) Sochi,
which takes place in Sochi, Russia from March 20 through 29 and is
the first stop of the 2019 EPT.

About The Stars Group

The Stars Group is a provider of technology-based product
offerings in the global gaming and interactive entertainment
industries. Its brands have millions of registered customers globally
and collectively are leaders in online and mobile betting, poker,
casino and other gaming-related offerings. The Stars Group owns or
licenses gaming and related consumer businesses and brands, including
PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, BetEasy, Sky Bet,
Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo, and Sky Poker, as well as live
poker tour and event brands, including the PokerStars Players No
Limit Hold'em Championship, European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean
Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour,
PokerStars Festival and PokerStars MEGASTACK. The Stars Group is one
of the world's most licensed online gaming operators with its
subsidiaries collectively holding licenses or approvals in 21
jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, Australia,
and the Americas. The Stars Group's vision is to become the world's
favorite iGaming destination and its mission is to provide its
customers with winning moments.

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