Amaya Receives Approval for Nasdaq Listing

26 May 2015

MONTREAL, Canada – May 27, 2015 – Amaya Inc. (“Amaya” or the “Corporation”) (TSX: AYA), the world’s largest publicly traded online gaming company and owner of the PokerStars and Full Tilt brands, announced today that The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (the “Nasdaq”) approved the listing of its common shares on The Nasdaq Global Select Market and it expects trading to commence on June 8, 2015 under the symbol “AYA”. The Corporation’s common shares will also continue trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol AYA.

“Our listing on the Nasdaq is an important milestone for Amaya and a testament to the tremendous progress we have made over our five years as a public company,” said Amaya’s Chairman and CEO, David Baazov. “We anticipate that the Nasdaq listing will provide greater visibility and better liquidity for our stock and help broaden our shareholder base.”

The Nasdaq Global Select Market is Nasdaq’s top-tier trading platform, designed for public companies that meet the highest of quantitative and qualitative listing standards, related to, among other things, financial condition, liquidity and corporate governance practices.

ABOUT AMAYA

Amaya is a leading provider of technology-based solutions, products and services in the global gaming and interactive entertainment industries. Amaya owns gaming and related consumer businesses and brands including PokerStars, Full Tilt, the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour. These brands collectively form the largest poker business in the world, comprising online poker games and tournaments, live poker competitions, branded poker rooms in popular casinos in major cities around the world, and poker programming created for television and online audiences. PokerStars is the world’s most popular and successful online poker brand. Amaya also provides B2B interactive and land-based gaming solutions to the regulated gaming industry.

CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Corporation expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of applicable securities laws. These statements are based on certain assumptions and estimations made by the Corporation and based on management’s experience, expectations and perceptions as well as other factors believed to be appropriate and reasonable at this time. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance or the occurrence of any event. Although the Corporation and management believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates, there can be no assurance that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or that any of these expectations will prove accurate. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive risks, uncertainties and contingencies that could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those identified under the heading “Risk Factors and Uncertainties” in Amaya’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in its Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ended March 31, 2015, each as filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and in other filings that Amaya has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks onlyainties" in Amaya's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2014 and in its Management's Discussion and Analysis for the period ended September 30, 2015, each available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, EDGAR at www.sec.gov and Amaya's website at www.amaya.com, and in other filings that Amaya has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance onforward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date hereof, and Amaya undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

Contact

For investor relations, pleasecontact: Tim Foran, Tel: +1 416.545.1325, ir@amaya.com

For media inquiries, pleasecontact: Eric Hollreiser, Tel: +1 514.744.3122 x2609, Press@amaya.com

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This news release contains forward-looking information and statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, certain financial and operational expectations and projections, such as full year 2016 financial guidance and expected performance, certain future operational plans and strategies and growth expectations, CFO succession plans, and the timing of Mr. Sebag’s planned retirement and his assistance with the transition to his successor, and certain senior operational appointments. Forward-looking statements can, but may not always, be identified by the use of words such as “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “predict”, “potential”, “targeting”, “intend”, “could”, “might”, “would”, “should”, “believe”, “objective”, “ongoing” and similar references to future periods or the negatives of these words and expressions. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including market and economic conditions, business prospects or opportunities, future plans and strategies, projections, technological developments, anticipated events and trends and regulatory changes that affect us, our customers and our industries. Although Amaya and management believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates, there can be no assurance that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or that actual results will not differ materially from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant business, regulatory, economic and competitive risks, uncertainties and contingencies that could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Specific risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to those identified under the heading “Risk Factors and Uncertainties” in Amaya’s Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015 and “Risk Factors and Uncertainties” and “Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data” in its Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 (the “Q3 2016 MD&A”), each available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, EDGAR at www.sec.gov and Amaya’s website at www.amaya.com, and in other filings that Amaya has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date hereof, and Amaya undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

This news release references non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Earnings, and Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share. Amaya believes these non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP financial measures will provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of its business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating its business. Although management believes these financial measures are important in evaluating Amaya, they are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS or U.S. GAAP. They are not recognized measures under IFRS or U.S. GAAP and do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS or U.S. GAAP. These measures may be different from non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP financial measures used by other companies, limiting its usefulness for comparison purposes. Moreover, presentation of certain of these measures is provided for year-over-year comparison purposes, and investors should be cautioned that the effect of the adjustments thereto provided herein have an actual effect on Amaya’s operating results. Amaya uses the following non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP measures in this release:

Adjusted EBITDA means net earnings (loss) from continuing operations before interest and financing costs (net of interest income), income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring and certain other items.

Adjusted Net Earnings means net earnings (loss) from continuing operations before interest accretion, amortization of intangible assets resulting from purchase price allocation following acquisitions, deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation, restructuring, foreign exchange, and certain other items. Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share means Adjusted Net Earnings divided by Diluted Shares. Diluted Shares means the weighted average number of common shares on a fully diluted basis, including options, warrants and Amaya’s convertible preferred shares. The effects of anti-dilutive potential common shares are ignored in calculating Diluted Shares. As of December 31, 2016 and for the purposes of the full year 2016 guidance provided in this release, Diluted Shares equals 195,432,919. The Diluted Share count used by Amaya in its previous guidance on November 14, 2016 was as of September 30, 2016 and equaled 193,866,395 and the Diluted Share count used for the full year 2015 was as of December 31, 2015 and equaled 197,993,500.

For additional information on Amaya’s non-IFRS measures, see below and the Q3 2016 MD&A, including under the headings “Management’s Discussion and Analysis” and “Selected Financial Information—Other Financial Information”.

Amaya has not provided a reconciliation of the non-IFRS measures to the nearest IFRS measures included in this release, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share, because certain reconciling items necessary to accurately project such IFRS measures, particularly net earnings (loss) from continuing operations, cannot be reasonably projected due to a number of factors, including variability from potential foreign exchange fluctuations impacting financial expenses, and the nature of other non-recurring or one-time costs (which are excluded from non-IFRS measures but included in net earnings (loss) from continuing operations), as well as the typical variability arising from the audit of annual financial statements, including, without limitation, certain income tax provision accounting, and related accounting matters.

Amaya defines QAUs as active unique customers (online, mobile and desktop client) who generated rake, placed a bet or otherwise wagered (excluding free play, bonuses or other promotions) on or through an Amaya poker, casino or sportsbook offering during the applicable quarterly period. Amaya defines unique as a customer who played at least once on one of Amaya’s real-money offerings during the period, and excludes duplicate counting, even if that customer is active across multiple verticals (e.g., both poker and casino). Beginning with its second quarter 2016 results, Amaya no longer provides PokerStars-only QAUs as a result of the recently completed migration of the Full Tilt brand and customers to the PokerStars platform.

Amaya defines Customer Registrations as the cumulative number of real-money and play-money customer registrations on PokerStars, Full Tilt and related brands.

For additional information on Amaya’s key metrics and other data, see the Q3 2016 MD&A, including under the headings “Limitations on Key Metrics and Other Data” and “Key Metrics”.