Good News: The Tide is TurningAnd It Looks Like PokerStars Is Going to Stay |
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Card Player has a staff of people busily contacting everyone in the poker industry in order to provide our readers with up-to-date information. Today we have more good news to report.
Online Gaming Sites: Who's In and Who's Out?
In the past few days, we have received definitive confirmation that the following companies are not pulling out of the United States: Full Tilt, Bodog, Full Contact Poker, Doyle's Room and the Doyle Brunson Network, and Absolute Poker are all in! We also have good authority that Ultimate Bet's intention is to accept US customers. As a matter of fact, many of these sites have rewarded US players by offering specials for their customers. Please visit this page to examine and cash in on the bonuses.
Card Player learned moments ago that PokerStars has made a decision to continue accepting US customers even if the President signs the current legislation. Bravo for PokerStars!
We have strong reason to believe that this afternoon, PokerStars customers will receive answers to their e-mails stating that PokerStars will remain doing business in the United States.
Card Player applauds PokerStars and all the other online sites for their informed decision to continue offering poker games to United States citizens.
As a poker community, let's begin right now, before the bill is signed, by supporting the companies that have not abandoned US players.
Financial Processors: Who's In and Who's Out?
NETeller's decision to stay in the US has been confirmed. In case any of our readers missed it, the decision was reported in the Wall Street Journal:
A NETeller PLC executive said the British company, which handles payments for online gambling companies and others, will continue to operate in the US, despite the recent passage of antigambling legislation.
"We are staying in the US," Bruce Elliott, NETeller's executive vice president, marketing and sales, told a online gambling conference in Barcelona. "I don't think we have a very big problem."
At about the same time NETeller made its decision to continue accepting US business, FirePay sent a letter to all its customers saying that the moment President Bush signs the bill, FirePay will decline purchase transactions with online gaming sites. Here is an excerpt of that FirePay letter:
Once President Bush approves the Act, FirePay will no longer allow US consumer payments for online gambling merchants. Beginning the day President Bush signs the Act, FirePay will decline any purchase transactions from US FirePay account holders at any gambling merchant site.
Ten days after President Bush signs the Act, FirePay will decline any transfer attempt made by any online gambling merchant to a US FirePay account.
I think it is important that as consumers, we show our support right now for all the companies that will not be bullied or intimidated by our government.
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