PokerStars Deals Its 200 Billionth Hand

Historic achievement for the world's largest poker company

Onchan, Isle Of Man (ots/PRNewswire) - PokerStars, the world's
largest poker company, made history last week when it dealt its 200
billionth hand
(https://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/200-billion/).

PokerStars has dealt more hands than any other online poker room.
It dealt its first hand in 2001 and it has celebrated each major
milestone ever since with huge cash pay outs to the players that made
it all happen. PokerStars dealt its 100 billionth hand in June 2013,
taking just six more years to double that figure.

Each of the six players dealt into the 200 billionth hand as they
played an 8c/16c No Limit Hold'em cash game on May 4 was awarded
$10,000. The pot was taken by player 'KeySssi'.

PokerStars' 200 Billion Poker Hands celebrations resulted in more
than $2 million given back to the online poker community in the form
of various promotions, including surprise Stars Rewards Chests, more
than $400,000 in free tournament ticket drops, a $200,000 Mega
Freeroll tournament, and free merchandise and random giveaways from
the Stars Store. Players who have taken part in at least one hand of
real-money poker on PokerStars in its history also earned a free spin
of the 200 Billion Hands Celebration Wheel for a chance to win up to
$2,000 each day, amongst other prizes. More than 6 million spins were
awarded over the course of the celebrations.

"Two hundred billion is truly a stellar figure. It's almost
inconceivable," said Séverin Rasset, Director of Poker Innovation and
Operations at The Stars Group. "We've been looking forward to hitting
this milestone for a long-time and it has been our privilege to put
on weeks of celebrations to give back to every PokerStars player that
has made this happen. Everyone here at Stars is very excited about
this out of this world achievement. I'd like to congratulate you all.
We can't wait to celebrate the next milestone!"

About PokerStars

PokerStars operates the world's most popular online poker sites,
serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001,
PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world,
with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best
online security. More than 200 billion hands have been dealt on
PokerStars, which is more than any other site.

The Stars Group owns or licenses gaming and related consumer
businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino,
BetStars, Full Tilt, FOX Bet, Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky
Bingo, Sky Poker and BetEasy 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.

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http://www.pokerstars.com/about/responsible-gaming/

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