It has already been announced a while ago that the Merge Gaming network will not be offering rakeback anymore as of June 1st 2011 for new players. They are working on a new VIP Rewards program and this will soon be released.
Today, Merge Gaming issued an internal statement that affects players in France and the United States as well. Due to the legal development in France and the necessity to have a license issued by the government to operate online gambling for French players, they have now also pulled out of the French market as well, similar to the iPoker network and Everest for example.
1) Players from France will no longer be able to play for real money on any skin of the Merge Gaming Network. This applies to new and existing players and they can only access the cashier from now on to withdraw their funds.
2) Furthermore, players from the following US states are now restricted from creating new real money accounts on any skin of the Merge Gaming Network:
- New York
- Washington
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Louisiana
Existing players are not affected by this, but this might be the first additional shockwave after yesterday's Black Monday and it becomes more and more frustrating for online poker players from the United States. As usual, we will keep you updated when we hear more.
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