Amaya Gaming’s PokerStars brand has begun contacting its former New Jersey customers regarding their outstanding account balances.
As first reported by PocketFives.com, New Jersey players who had accounts with PokerStars prior to the site’s exit from the market following the 2011 Black Friday federal indictments have received emails from Stars asking them to withdraw any funds remaining in their old accounts.
In September, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) approved Amaya’s application to relaunch its PokerStars and Full Tilt brands in New Jersey’s regulated online gambling market. Amaya acquired the brands in 2014 from the Rational Group, which had returned approximately $5m in account balances to New Jersey players following the 2011 indictments.
But the DGE noted that there was around $428k that had yet to be withdrawn by New Jersey players. Amaya has informed the affected Stars account holders that if they fail to come forward and reclaim their funds by Dec. 28, the money will be forfeited to the state, after which players will have to apply to the state’s Unclaimed Property Department for redress.