VIP.com changes: no new US clients and all Canadian accounts to be closed

[nicaragua]

Could it be that VIP is abandoning us Canadians in order to court a takeover bid by Bodog? Just a theory I heard elsewhere.

Either way, I'm unhappy with their decision to abandon this country. I've dropped a bit of cash there lately, in an attempt to change their minds.

[winbig]

Could it be that VIP is abandoning us Canadians in order to court a takeover bid by Bodog? Just a theory I heard elsewhere.

Either way, I'm unhappy with their decision to abandon this country. I've dropped a bit of cash there lately, in an attempt to change their minds.

If this is true, why wouldn't Bodog want Canadians?

[vinylweatherman]

What surprises me is the fact that, while seemingly "scared" of accepting ANY money from Canadian players, they are still prepared to accept wagers from AMERICAN players of long standing while the US DoJ has been taking extremely robust action against internet gambling, and the VIP.Com sportbook operation is most definitely illegal in the US under the wire act.

Rumour is that they are restructuring, and it is just possible that they have struck a deal with some entity which gives away Canada (an agreement not to compete there, also illegal under US "anti-trust" laws - not sure about Canadian laws). They have just notified Gone Gambling that they are taking a break from advertising there, which also means they have pulled out of the GG bonuses. This will not take effect till mid March though.
It certainly looks like something major is happening over at VIP HQ.

[darkpixie]

Because Bodog has some of its operations based in Canada it is not allowed to accept Canadian players