The Stars Group Announces Record-breaking Return of Pokerstars' World Championship of Online Poker

Toronto (ots/PRNewswire) -

The Stars Group (NASDAQ: TSG) (TSE: TSGI) today announced that
this year's World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP), a major
annual online poker tournament series hosted by its PokerStars brand,
will offer a guaranteed prize pool of more than $70 million, the
biggest online poker tournament series guarantee ever.

The annual online event will take place from September 2 through
17 and will offer more than 180 events, each with tiered buy-in
levels ranging from $2.20 to $25,000.

During the first half of September, there will be more than $116
million guaranteed in prize pools across WCOOP and all other
tournaments that will be held in September in the global shared
liquidity, southern Europe, Italian and New Jersey markets.

The 2017 WCOOP total series prize pool exceeded its advertised
guarantee of $60 million and paid out a WCOOP record of $90.6
million, marking a 16.5% year-over-year increase over the $77.8
million paid out in 2016. It was only surpassed in 2017 by the
PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP), which paid
out approximately $94 million and continues to hold the record as the
largest ever online poker series based on aggregate pay-out amount.
In 2018, SCOOP exceeded its advertised guarantee of $65 million,
ultimately paying out approximately $91 million in prizes and
becoming the second largest ever online poker series behind the 2017
series.

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, 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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