PokerStars sports betting to launch in Q1 2015

The product will initially be launched within the PokerStars poker client in certain regions, with more territories added at a later stage and standalone web and mobile versions introduced later in the year.

It was first announced in November that a sportsbook would be added to PokerStars’ services and that it was beginning to construct a sports-betting trading team, with Amaya CEO David Baazov predicting in June that the expansion of PokerStars and Full Tilt into other verticals could introduce the firm to a market worth an approximate $25bn.

It is yet to be revealed which partner will be providing the software for the sportsbook service but Amaya already has an agreement in place with Offsidegaming, a B2B subsidiary of sportsbook operator OffsideBet.

PokerStars began offering casino games late last year, and early results have apparently revealed a 30% cross-sell into casino games from the PokerStars 7 platform, with the service showing faster growth than the online casino on Full Tilt, another poker operator owned by Amaya.

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