TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2018 /CNW/ - The Stars Group today
announced that its PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker
(WCOOP) concluded earlier this week as the largest-ever online
poker series with more than 1.1 million entries. The tournament
awarded nearly $100 million in prizes
during the two-week long schedule of events, comfortably exceeding
its advertised guarantee of $70
million and surpassing last year's series and the previous
prize pool record set in 2017 during PokerStars' Spring
Championship of Online Poker, which awarded $94 million.
The tournament also set a record for the number of entries to an
online poker tournament with more than 1.1 million entries from
148,000 unique players representing 140 countries.
WCOOP 2018 offered a 185-event schedule consisting of low,
medium and high buy-in levels ranging from $2.20 to $25,000. A
total of seven Platinum Passes to the PokerStars Players No Limit
Hold'em Championship (PSPC), worth around $30,000 each, were also awarded to the winners of
headline events. Overall, the series paid out more than 150,000
individual cash prizes and more than $15
million in first-place prizes.
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 19 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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