I’ve been tracking the numbers of the online poker rooms ever since Neteller bolted on the US. Below is a graph of the peak cash game player numbers from Jan 1 – Pres. Of interesting note is that all US facing poker rooms have a negative slope. Source PokerSiteScout Stars seems to be bumping around …
As we’ve seen more and more poker rooms that formerly proclaimed their defiant intentions to service US customers succumb to cash flow and other pressures it has become obvious some folks got a bad read on the US government. They expected the DOJ to weakly enforce the UIGEA and held out hope that it would …
In a strange series of communications from Doyle’s Room the final word appears to be that they are exiting the US market. First they said they were leaving the US market. That came from several rumor sources and then was later confirmed by a statement from their PR firm. Then the word came that the …
From their site: Hoax: A Necessary Evil We apologize to all for any inconvenience that may have resulted by our recent hoax, however we found it necessary to perpetuate given the current state of online poker in the United States. We believe a much needed scrutiny is required of the recently passed Internet Gambling Enforcement …
I’m not sure whether to applaud or ridicule this but because Neteller has been shut off from US players and they have no other way to get player’s back their money, they are recommending that in order to get your money off the site is to transfer it to Tony G who will transfer you …