1. Home>
2. Poker News>
3. PokerStars Offers Online Poker In Italy
Subscribe to PSP's Poker News

• PokerStars Offers Online Poker In Italy

  Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009 by admin

Visit Poker Stars

PokerStars, the world’s largest online poker room, has finally been given the official heads-up to begin offering real-money online poker to residents of Italy. PokerStars is one of only a few sites to receive official regulatory approval from Italy’s government.

According to the terms of the certification from the Italian Monopolies of State (AAMS), PokerStars began hosting real-money tournaments open to Italian residents on February 25th. Currently, the online poker room offers Italian tourneys with buy-ins scaling from €0.50 to €100.

Angeli Bufalin, PokerStars Italian Country Manager stated, “The online poker phenomenon has seen a huge growth recently and with the launch of PokerStars.it we aim to recreate in Italy the success that PokerStars has achieved worldwide. This is thanks to our industry renowned software and security which guarantees players a high level poker experience and support 24 hours a day.”

PokerStars will be expanding its Italian tournament line-up over the next few weeks to offer more versatile events with a wider range of buy-ins.