DAWN TILL DUSK IN DANGER
5 June 2009
Unknown if online division of endangered land
poker operation will be impacted
Local business media in Nottingham, England report that
Rob Yong's hard-fought-for live poker room in the city
"Dusk Til Dawn" is "highly likely" to be shutting its
doors in two weeks' time.
Yong told reporters:
"It's very saddening after all the hard work that myself
and my staff have put into the club but it's highly
likely we'll be closing."
If the club shuts it
will result in over 100 people being made redundant.
DTD opened its doors less than two years ago in late
2007, becoming the first legal poker-only club by
obtaining a casino licence despite strong opposition
from UK gambling groups Stanley's, Gala and Grosvenor
who apparently feared that the move would spark the
growth of more poker-only clubs.
A major part of
the problems DTD is experiencing is that its licence is
classified as a full casino licence, although it does
not offer table games such as blackjack and roulette.
This means that the company is unable to claim back VAT
on its GBP 3.4 million refurbishment and is subject to
new gaming duty laws.
It is not at present known
what, if any, impact a closure of the live facility
might have on Yong's DTDpoker.com and DTDcasinos.com
online interests. These Malta licensed and Cryptologic-powered
Internet venues are operated through an intermediary
agreement with MCP Entertainment Ltd.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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