hi is this the new level 11 mg platform aswell ?
Yes, MGS pulled out of the US a while ago, but licensed a number of the older games to an independent (*cough*Bullshit) software supplier called "Level 11" that were VERY secretive indeed about who they were, who owned them, and where they were based.
Now it seems the "owners" of Level 11 have decided to force all the operators to leave the US as well. Given the secretive nature of Level 11, WHY have they decided to force operators to leave the US, rather than leave it up to the individual casinos to make up their own minds.
I never believed for one minute that Level 11 was anything other than Microgaming themselves, and all this about licensing games and code to an independent supplier was bullshit from day one. It seems the facade has cracked, and we will probably find that it is Microgaming themselves that own "Level 11", and have now decided to shut out all the "grandfathered" existing players for a complete exit from the US.
All the talk about new games, tournaments, new registrations "coming soon" to Level 11 was also bullshit. This Level 11 was never anything other than a means to slowly get rid of existing US players by ring fencing them into a third class version of MGS, rather than have operators suffer an immediate hit that could cause them to go bust.
Operators should have KNOWN they should NOT have been relying on the continuation of the situation, and should have used the time bought by this move to ensure they could survive a sudden and complete loss of their US players.
Even if Level 11 had not forced the operators out, most would have left anyway, mainly because they would have found themselves unable to process payments for US players without huge cost and risks.
This does provide a sudden surge of US players with nowhere to play, and the crap casinos will want to get these players quickly in order to make as much money as possible before they too are forced out.
These crap casinos are willing to take the processing risks that Level 11, and now Rival, are no longer prepared to take.
There are reputable RTG casinos still serving the US, but for how long?
The crap casinos will probably stay until the bitter end, which will probably mean they will leave the US when they go bust, and players will NOT get their money.
Even players OUTSIDE the US have to consider the implications of this, as a casino that gets most of it's action from the US may not be able to take the sudden hit, and then non-US players may find they have trouble getting paid as the casino struggles to find the liquidity from elsewhere, and some may well go bust (or become Casino Rewards
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I would also expect a regrouping and contraction among operators and casinos, with fewer skins, and some groups being bought by others. This would be a sensible move in order to cut operating costs to match a smaller player base.
Casinos that were not in the US market at all since UIGEA was passed are likely to BENEFIT from this, as they will not take any financial hit, but could gain players from non-US countries as they look for safer venues.
