ePassporte officially out of online poker in U.S.

April 14th, 2008
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After a weekend of uncertainty and speculation, the online money transfer service ePassporte has officially said it will no longer provide transactions for Americans using the service for online poker.

The news is bad for United States citizens, who lose another option to easily get money on and off the sites that still serve the U.S.

There has been no official comment from the company, but an e-mail to the various poker sites in the U.S. market confirmed what already appeared to be the case.

According to pokerpages.com:

In their letter to the sites, ePassporte management said that “…a widespread investigation of Internet gambling, including poker by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Southern New York” is responsible for their decision, reported PokerNews.com. “Although we do not believe we have done anything illegal, we do not wish to be associated with anything that might be considered illegal by the United States Government,” their letter continued.

Whole thing here.

According to the story, that same office let to Neteller pulling out of the U.S. market.


Article Credit: Dustin

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