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PokerStars, is the largest online poker cardroom in the world.〔(PokerScout.com: PokerStars Online Poker Traffic Report )〕 A PokerStars.com online satellite tournament produced the 2003 World Series of Poker (WSOP) champion, Chris Moneymaker. As the first person to become a world champion by qualifying at an online poker site,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chris Moneymaker - money800 - Poker Player - PokerListings.com )〕 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."〔(PokerNews.com: The Moneymaker Effect: Five Years Later ) May 23, 2008〕 PokerStars offers downloadable poker clients for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. These clients offer users the same features. In January 2012, PokerStars introduced a downloadable mobile client for iOS from iTunes. In February 2012, the company also introduced a client for Android.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mobile Poker - Free iPhone®, iPad®, Android™ Poker Games & Apps - PokerStars )〕 On July 31, 2012, PokerStars bought its former competitor, Full Tilt Poker.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PokerStars reaches settlement with the Department of Justice, acquires Full Tilt Poker )〕 The $731 million deal settled a civil lawsuit with the Department of Justice while giving ownership of Full Tilt Poker's assets to PokerStars.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PokerStars Strikes U.S. Deal to Buy Full Tilt Poker )〕 On June 12, 2014, Amaya Gaming Group agreed to buy PokerStars and its parent company for $4.9 billion in cash. The deal was completed on August 1, 2014.〔(Wall Street Journal: Amaya Completes Acquisition of Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker )〕 ==History== PokerStars launched its beta play-money-only site on September 11, 2001. The company began offering real money wagering on December 12, 2001. PokerStars was originally a Costa Rican company, Rational Enterprises, which was majority owned by the Israeli Scheinberg family. The company was subsequently moved to the Isle of Man, a British Crown dependency. The move was driven by the establishment of a 0% corporate tax rate and the removal of rules barring companies from accepting casino and poker bets from the United States of America.〔 PokerStars holds its licence with the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission and also holds government licences in Denmark, France, Belgium, Italy,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Poker Stars Breaks Through to Italy, Now Fully Licensed There )〕 Estonia and Spain. On February 10, 2012, PokerStars acquired a European Union license granted by the Malta Lotteries and Gaming Commission.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=PokerStars Granted License in Malta; Prepares to Launch PokerStars.eu )〕 While privately owned, PokerStars had been the subject of financial media speculation regarding a possible initial public offering or merger with a publicly listed company. Analysts estimated its market value would have been approximately $2 billion (US) in 2006, which would have made the company one of the world's largest privately held gambling companies.〔 PokerStars overtook PartyPoker as the world's largest online poker room at after the U.S. Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006. Many sites, including PartyPoker, immediately suspended business with U.S. gamblers, while others, including PokerStars, did not.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Absolute Poker Fined $500,000 for Security Breach )〕 On December 27, 2009, PokerStars set the world record for the biggest online tournament. The tournament entry fee was $1, and the number of entrants reached 149,196. They broke that record on December 4, 2011, when 200,000 players played in a $1 buy-in tournament with a first prize of $50,000. PokerStars was so busy during the early stages of the tournament, all tournaments had to be stopped for 20 minutes because the heavy traffic crashed their servers. This record had been broken again at June 16, 2013, with 225,000 participants. The Buy-In was $1 and went completely into the prizepool, with no rake. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PokerStars」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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