PokerRoom refuses to cashout US player

[PokerRoom.com]

Hi,

For legitimate operators that respect US law and by extension the UIGEA there is no clear legal way to administer funds transfers in US dollars to former players. If there were, all of our cash out options would still be available to our former US players.

The fact facing PokerRoom is that even though we chose to respect the UIGEA and closed real money operations to players in the USA any attempts now to move funds to the USA from PokerRoom are now blocked. A blacklist is in effect against all online gaming companies. As part of a publicly traded company we at PokerRoom are of course bound to respect the law presently in effect in all countries. The legal situation in effect in the United States, though regrettable, is a reality that we respect.

We cannot facilitate transactions to the USA legally using any of the options we have available on the PokerRoom site. Hence, one year after we closed operations to real money players from the USA, we have very limited options available to us in helping former players from the USA to get back any funds that remain on their PokerRoom accounts.

I am personally working with the poster to try and resolve the issue he has with trapped funds.

Best Regards
Lee

PokerRoom.com