{"id":34701,"date":"2018-03-15T10:20:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T10:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=34701"},"modified":"2018-03-15T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T09:59:19","slug":"stars-group-annual-results-take-boost-from-sports-casino-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/stars-group-annual-results-take-boost-from-sports-casino-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars Group Annual Results Take Boost From Sports &#038; Casino Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-33537\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/stars-group-300x226.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/stars-group-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/stars-group.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Following the news of The Stars Group acquiring a majority share of Australian gambling business CrownBet the online gambling firm best known for its PokerStars brand has announced its annual results for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>For the period ending 31 December 2017 the company said that revenues in total hit $1.3 billion compared to $1.15 billion the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>The online gambling firm said that the growth was across both online poker and its casino\/sports betting platforms.<\/p>\n<p>For online poker only the business saw a 3.7% increase in revenues up to $877.3 million, but the larger growth was from sports betting and casino offerings which rose 45.4% to $384 million. 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