Sep 13 2011
Bad news on the horizon for Merge Gaming Network
According to the website Subject: Poker, the Merge Gaming Network is soon to become the latest victim in the ongoing crackdown against US online poker rooms initiated by the Department of Justice on April 15, 2011: Henceforth known as Black Friday. According to the report in Subject: Poker the Department of Justice will be cracking down on the merge gaming network and associated payment processors in mid to late September.
While the precise actions that will take place are unknown, Subject: Poker is reporting that:
“the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland plans to seize the assets of payment processors who facilitated transactions between the Merge Network and its US customers. It is unclear exactly which payment processors are reportedly being targeted, whether indictments are planned in addition to seizures, or whether the DOJ intends to seize domain names as well”
While the initial reports seem to point to payment processors being the main targets, it’s unclear how the Merge Gaming network sites will fit into all of this. The Merge Gaming Network has been somewhat cooperative with the DOJ in the aftermath of Black Friday, but many of the sites still allow US players to partake in their games, as long as they registered before Black Friday.
The Merge gaming network is currently the largest online poker site(s) still accepting US players, despite the site stopping new US registrants beginning in May.
We will keep you abreast of any new details as this story continues to develop.
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