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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POSTED ON: Nov 05, 2006
it,s all about the money for a these few foreign online poker sites a few poker players and card magazine lets be honest here the world wont stop without online poker ask how much these online sites give back to us charities for all the money they make and the us bill is wrong people can do with their money what ever they want too govermant stay out of my house get the republicans out of office and put online gaming in our casinos hands where we the united states would benefit the most from it and everybody would be happy and the money would be used for the good of all the people of the US not just the greedy few
POSTED ON: Oct 14, 2006
ITS MY RIGHT TO GAMBLE .....ITS MY MONEY....ITS MY CREDIT.....IF THE GOVERNMENT IS SO CONCERNED ABOUT MY FINANCES WHY DONT THEY LOWER MY 29% INTEREST RATE ON MY CREDIT CARDS WHICH LOBBYIST REPRESENTING THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES..HELPED GET PASSED THROUGH
POSTED ON: Oct 12, 2006
I'm a big poker player, but I just can't bring myself to support online gaming. Too many people are getting hurt.
POSTED ON: Oct 12, 2006
Cardplayer.com should pull the Party******.com banners off the top of it's site since they are no longer going to allow US customers. Put a Bodog, Ultimatebet, Pokerstars or other banner up there!
POSTED ON: Oct 12, 2006
I will be supporting and playing at these Poker sites that have agreed to keep US customers. I will be leaving my current wussy azz online gaming site (PartyPoker) and once they come to their senses and allow US gamers in the future, I won't return to the