Nine.com Says Rake Back on Prima is Discontinued

[JRussell]

Just received the following email from Nine Poker:

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Hi,


As a new member of the Microgaming (Prima) Network (www.microgaming.com), Nine.com Poker regrets to inform you, effective immediately, that we must discontinue all poker rakeback programs. To that end, we would ask that you promptly remove any and all references (imagery, copy, links, etc.) to Nine.com Poker offering rakeback from your site. The removal of all such references must be complete by Tuesday, November 28th, 2006.


We will, of course, continue to pay you for any players you have brought to Nine.com Poker on the same revenue share deal you are currently on. We will also be carefully calculating, through the new VIP Profits affiliate system, any outstanding commissions that may be due to you and will add these payments to your November commissions.


While we can no longer participate in rakeback programs we are still very much open to poker affiliate deals for any of you who have non-rakeback sites. Please contact me individually on this so that we can discuss further.


The discontinuation of all poker rakeback programs is a result of Microgaming’s recent amendment to their rakeback policy, which prohibits all poker rooms on their network from offering rakeback to players either directly or through affiliate partners.


Nine.com Poker sends its sincere apologies to all partners affected by this recent development and want to reiterate that we are still very much open to affiliate relationships on non-rakeback sites. You will continue to get paid for any action these players drive and all commissions generated from the past.


Thank you for your patience and continued loyalty. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, comments or concerns and I will do my best to address them.


Regards,


Simon Eaton

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