PokerStars Says It Has Returned $100m To US Players
The world's biggest poker room announced that it proceeded cashout requests from US players and returned a total of $100m to its customers from America.
Nearly a month after "Black Friday", eGaming Review received in a statement from PokerStars the information that the online poker room returned more than $100m to American online poker players from its "past US-facing operations".
Already on April 27, the Isle of Man licensed operator announced that it had begun their cash out process. All Americans who viewed the cashier in the software received a pop up that asked them to cash out their funds.
In today's statement, PokerStars said it had returned the money and that it would continue to "service requests" following the company's agreement with the US Department of Justice. In this agreement PokerStars got the permission to allow their US customers to cash out.
Read more about the "Black Friday" events in our previous news items below:
- Black Friday Results in an Estimated $100M - $500M in Refunds For Online Players (12.05.2011)
- AP/UB Reaches Deal with the U.S. & Lays Off Team UB (11.05.2011)
- Absolute Poker & UltimateBet: Bankruptcy News Premature? (06.05.2011)
- The Current Situation Around "Black Friday" (02.05.2011)
- PokerStars Cash Outs Available for U.S. Residents (28.04.2011)
- Full Tilt Poker Issues Statement Regarding Moneybookers Cashouts (22.04.2011)
- PokerStars.com and FullTiltPoker.com Return - First Step Towards US Cashouts (20.04.2011)
- Gambling Expert Prof. I. Nelson Rose Comments on Charges Against Poker Platforms (19.04.2011)
- The Poker World Reacts to "Black Friday" (19.04.2011)
- NETELLER and Moneybookers: Official Statements After the Black Friday (19.04.2011)
- "Black Friday" for the US Poker Market - The Current Situation (17.04.2011)
- LIVE TICKER: PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB and AP charged in US (15.04.2011)
