Quote Originally Posted by some guy's cliffs on EGR pay-only news article
Cliffs:
- EGR sources say Groupe Bernard Tapie announced that proposed deal to buy FTP failed
- Reasons are 1) inability to agree on repayment plan for players and 2) legal complications
- GBT says they get from press reports that DOJ and PokerStars have an agreement
- GBt assumes that Stars is willing to take the financial and legal risks (that they weren´t willing to take) to sort out their own legal situation with DOJ
scary part being that it looks like Stars involvement rumors really do only come from GBT speculation, at this point