The official dot com for PokerStars is now closed to the French. After successfully gaining a license to operate a .fr domain the worlds largest poker room by cash game volume (and by most other measures you could think of) will be forced to remove French players from all it's international tables.
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Thursday, 24 June 2010
Sunday, 6 June 2010
I-Gaming Supershow Review Video & UIGEA Passes with No Impact!
J-Todd comes to us from the I-Gaming Supershow with all the latest interviews and news from the online gambling world.
This episode is a little more light-hearted than usual but the key features he covers off are:
- UIGEA passed and nothing happened. He suggests the reason for this is simply that everyone was already in compliance therefore no changes needed to be made by most banks. In that case the online poker and gaming economy in the USA is set to remain stable despite the June 1st Deadline passing.
- Which states might legalise first
- Does Antonio Estafari wax his nose hair?
This episode is a little more light-hearted than usual but the key features he covers off are:
- UIGEA passed and nothing happened. He suggests the reason for this is simply that everyone was already in compliance therefore no changes needed to be made by most banks. In that case the online poker and gaming economy in the USA is set to remain stable despite the June 1st Deadline passing.
- Which states might legalise first
- Does Antonio Estafari wax his nose hair?
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Chinese Online Gambling Crackdown Continues
The house of cards has been falling fast for online gaming as one after another jurisdictions have fallen to regulation and restriction. China has long censored internet gaming (and all sorts of other things but this isn't the place for that discussion!). Now Chinese blocking of online gaming has apparently been stepped up as reported by a Chinese Affiliate operator on the GPWA.
Whilst operators are still remaining quiet and saying it is business as usual the affiliate also reports several sites no longer accepting deposits and many with substantial cashout delays including Bodog Sports.
If this is a one off gesture like the US attempt to seize funds last year then the impact will likely be short lived with many operators no doubt willing to bear the brunt of these penalties in order to tap the World's largest potential gaming market. However if things continue to worsen and further seizures occur the familiar sight of Chinese players on the biggest Western poker rooms could well be coming to an end just before the 'boom' really took hold there.
Time of course will tell.
This time it's real!! Crackdown is going on. I heard that $18, 000,000 CNY was frozen in the southern China. Ladbrokes delayed all withdrawals too but it says business is as usual.
WangPoker GPWA Member (Emphasis Added)
Whilst operators are still remaining quiet and saying it is business as usual the affiliate also reports several sites no longer accepting deposits and many with substantial cashout delays including Bodog Sports.
If this is a one off gesture like the US attempt to seize funds last year then the impact will likely be short lived with many operators no doubt willing to bear the brunt of these penalties in order to tap the World's largest potential gaming market. However if things continue to worsen and further seizures occur the familiar sight of Chinese players on the biggest Western poker rooms could well be coming to an end just before the 'boom' really took hold there.
Time of course will tell.
Thursday, 8 April 2010
New French Law Blocks and Bans Major Poker Sites Including Cake Network
Une nouvelle loi française Poker: Poker interdits, Lire la suite...As recently as a few weeks ago the GPWA reported that various locations around the World were considering seizing control of gaming within their borders to raise tax revenue. Various countries and provinces were named including Quebec.
Well one French speaking nation - France itself has made the first move taking steps to block dozens of major poker rooms from their border and increase the state control of gaming.
Due to the recent passage of a new French law all persons resident in France will no longer be allowed to access poker services and play for real money on any turnkey partner site which is part of the Cake Network. As of 4pm GMT, Friday April 9th, no French resident will be able to open a new real money account and any French resident who holds an existing account will not be allowed to play...
Power Poker Press Release Thursday 8th April
This move is a direct reversal of the moves in recent years to liberalise trade and gaming regulation across the world and on the internet. (Except in the most famous gaming nation of all the USA of course where the UIGEA has blighted the industry). It means that French Poker players are now banned from getting 33%+ rakeback on Power Poker as well as French Poker players now being blocked from a range of fantastic deals in favour of a heavily taxed, segregated and as a result smaller range of options which will remain in France.
This is truly a bad thing for French poker and a bad thing for the World poker scene as the large French poker market brought much liquidity to European Networks as well as the likes of Cake, and Power Poker who are US facing.
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