Reuters, Wall Street Journal Report on PokerStars Pending Acquisition of Full Tilt Poker

Both the Reuters News Service and Wall Street Journal featured articles Wednesday morning on the pending acquisition of Full Tilt Poker by PokerStars, quoting a source said to be familiar with the situation. 

This isn’t necessarily an official confirmation, however, and nothing more could be gleaned from this beyond what has thus far been reported. 

The fact that Reuters and the Wall Street Journal have picked up on the story has helped provide additional optimism nonetheless. 

From Reuters: 

The deal would be part of a broader settlement of a civil case brought by the DOJ against the two companies, the person was cited as saying. The department shut down the U.S. web sites of Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars last year as part of a crackdown of online poker sites.

The newspaper said the DOJ had no comment.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com