PokerRoom is out :blog October 16, 2006 at 10:59:40

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http://www.pokerroom.com/pokah/forum...p;setRead=true

Someone just posted this on the Poker Legislation forum. I'll just repeat it here.

Information for U.S. players
October 16, 2006 at 10:59:40 Post 1
Hi there

We would like to extend our most sincere apologies for the lack of information over the weekend.

We will do our best to answer as many of your questions and concerns as possible, however we may not be able to address them all today.

Please see below for information on the U.S. Legislation:

On 30 September 2006 the U.S. Congress passed the SAFE Port Act which also contained certain provisions known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (the Act that affects the processing of payments between US customers and certain online gaming companies.

This legislation was signed into law by President George W Bush on Oct 13, 2006.

Entirely due to this new law, we are disappointed to announce that customers within the U.S. will not be able to play Real Money games or make deposits to PokerRoom.com. This will be implemented once the necessary technical adjustments have been performed. Information regarding this will be communicated to you all at the earliest opportunity.

May we reassure you that the funds in your account are safe, secure and yours. Furthermore, your funds can and will be transferred to you at your request. We regret that the U.S. has taken this step to make it virtually impossible to offer real money entertainment to U.S. customers. We are doubtful that the U.S. authorities will achieve their stated goals by introducing such legislation. We believe that a properly monitored forward-looking regulation would be much more effective than this general ban.

This is the unfortunate hand that the U.S. government has dealt us. However, we will do our utmost to continuously keep you up to date with future developments.

Kind regards,

Mod

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BTW I can still get on just at the moment.