MERGE POKER NETWORK BANS KENTUCKY PLAYERS
7 November 2008
Growing network's decision affects almost twenty
skins
According to reports on several online poker
information portals this week, the burgeoning Merge
Gaming poker network has joined Microgaming in excluding
Kentucky residents from all network activity, presumably
as a precaution against the predatory behaviour of
Kentucky governor Steve Beshear and his
contingency-contracted lawyers in their efforts to seize
international domain names (see previous InfoPowa
reports).
As far as can be ascertained, the ban does not apply to
existing customers.
Merge has been around since early 2007, but its history
goes back before then when it was better known as
Poker.com. The network attracts around 4 300
simultaneous players on a good night and boasts almost
20 skins, including Poker Nordica, Iron Duke, Jam Poker,
CarbonPoker, PDC Poker, Texas Holdem, Golden Arch Poker,
Rumble Poker, Poker City, WalkerPoker, BetED Poker,
PokerOne, RPM Poker,G2Gpoker, Spin32Poker, Lucky Hog,
Reefer Poker, Wass Poker and ACED. The operation carries
a Kahnwake licence.
Meanwhile, the characteristically outspoken owner of
Doyles Room, poker legend Doyle Brunson, has spoken out
against the Kentucky attempt to hi-jack global industry
domain names, writing on his blog: "I’m not going to go
into all the legal issues, but Kentucky is in for a hell
of a battle and every legal opinion I’ve heard says they
don’t have a chance of winning."
Online Casino News courtesy of
InfoPowa
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