Amaya offers Q1 preview as PokerStars retroactively caps affiliate deals

Canada’s Amaya Gaming has offered a preview of its upcoming Q1 financial results and instituted a significant policy change for PokerStars affiliates.

Amaya says it expects to announce revenue of between C$336m and C$342m (US $276m–$281m) for the three months ending March 31 when it releases its final numbers on May 14. The overwhelming bulk (C$333m–C$337m) of this bounty comes from Amaya’s B2C online gambling operations, which include PokerStars and Full Tilt.

The recently divested B2B assets of Diamond Game Enterprises and Cadillac Jack will be listed as discontinued operations in the Q1 report. Had their contributions been included, Q1 revenue would have reached a range of C$363m–C$374m. Amaya expects its former Chartwell and Cryptologic software divisions to follow the path into discontinued operations status in Q2.

AFFILIATE REVENUE SHARING CHANGES AHEAD