[6] The takeover made The Stars Group, then called Amaya, the world's biggest publicly listed online gambling company.

[18][19] On June 6, 2018, the Court of Quebec ordered a Stay of the Proceedings brought by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (Canada) against David Baazov.

[21] In December 2015, a Kentucky court ordered that Amaya pay $870 million in penalties to cover alleged losses by the state's residents who played real-money poker on the PokerStars website between 2006 and 2011.

[22] In December 2018, the Kentucky Court of Appeals overturned this $870 million judgment on the grounds that the state lacked standing to claim damages under the Loss Recovery Act, which "was never intended to be used in this fashion.

On August 1, 2017, the company changed its name to The Stars Group Inc.[24] Retired US Army General and former Democratic Party presidential nominee Wesley Clark is a former member of the board of directors.

[30][31] On December 3, 2019, The Stars Group announced it had completed its acquisition of Australian online sports betting business BetEasy[32] after originally acquiring a majority stake in the company (then known as CrownBet) from casino operator Crown Resorts in 2018.