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Both Stars and FT pull out of countries they consider to be "grey markets". Most of them are in Africa or the Middle East. Players can't sit down on real money games any more, but still can cash out their funds.
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"Concerns about a possible withdrawal of both rooms from the Canadian market are also supported by the fact that earlier this August PokerStars decided to cancel its partnership with the Montreal Festival, a decision that many have seen as a hint of the group's intention to pull out from Canada – at least until online poker is fully regulated in the country."
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Of cause it is possible. It looks like they try to minimize their exposure to government actions to avoid further nasty surprises ala Black Friday. The new parent company is publicly traded, so their board is vulnerable to lawsuits.
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no true, they decided only to pull out of 30 locations not countries, here's the list of them:
1. Bumpass (Virginia, USA) 2. Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA) 3. Fucking'(village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, Austria), the villagers are called Fuckingers 4. Hell (village in the Lånke area, Norway) 5. Dildo (island of Newfoundland, Canada) pretty sure demodawggy comes from Dildo island 6. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Anglesey, Wales) 7. Twatt (Orkney Islands, Scotland) 8. Middelfart (East Jutland, Denmark) 9. Titty Hill (Sussex, England) 10. Pee Pee Township (Ohio, USA) 11. Anus (Burgundy, France) 12. Prickly Bottom (Tasmania, Australia) 13. Arsoli (Lazio, Italy) 14. Ramsbottom (Lancs, UK) 15. Balls Cross (Sussex, UK) 16. Three Holes Cross (Cornwall, UK) 17. Beaver Head (Idaho, USA) 18. Faggot (Northumberland, UK) 19. Thundergay (Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK) 20. Beaverlick (Kentucky, USA) 21. Cocktown (Wexford, Ireland) 22. Fort Gay (West Virginia, US) 23. Tittybong (Victoria, Australia) Tittybong 24. Buger (Majorca, Spain) 25. Fuku (Shensi, China) 26. Grandpa's Knob (Rutland, Vermaont, USA) 27. Hookersville (West Virginia, US) would love to visit Hookersville for some Tittybong 28. Great Butts (Sussex, UK) 29. La Butte es Gros (Normandy, France) 30. Loo (Harju County, Estonia)
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no true, they decided only to pull out of 30 locations not countries, here's the list of them:
1. Bumpass (Virginia, USA) 2. Intercourse (Pennsylvania, USA) 3. Fucking'(village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, Austria), the villagers are called Fuckingers 4. Hell (village in the Lånke area, Norway) 5. Dildo (island of Newfoundland, Canada) pretty sure demodawggy comes from Dildo island 6. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Anglesey, Wales) 7. Twatt (Orkney Islands, Scotland) 8. Middelfart (East Jutland, Denmark) 9. Titty Hill (Sussex, England) 10. Pee Pee Township (Ohio, USA) 11. Anus (Burgundy, France) 12. Prickly Bottom (Tasmania, Australia) 13. Arsoli (Lazio, Italy) 14. Ramsbottom (Lancs, UK) 15. Balls Cross (Sussex, UK) 16. Three Holes Cross (Cornwall, UK) 17. Beaver Head (Idaho, USA) 18. Faggot (Northumberland, UK) 19. Thundergay (Isle of Arran, Scotland, UK) 20. Beaverlick (Kentucky, USA) 21. Cocktown (Wexford, Ireland) 22. Fort Gay (West Virginia, US) 23. Tittybong (Victoria, Australia) Heart Tittybong 24. Buger (Majorca, Spain) 25. Fuku (Shensi, China) 26. Grandpa's Knob (Rutland, Vermaont, USA) 27. Hookersville (West Virginia, US) Shock would love to visit Hookersville for some Tittybong 28. Great Butts (Sussex, UK) 29. La Butte es Gros (Normandy, France) 30. Loo (Harju County, Estonia)
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< I'd be willing to bet that the blue sign above that pochui posted with the 2 35 letter long words,...is obviously somewhere in Wales...
...I saw the title of this thread from the outside, and immediately started saying to myself..."Please,...be Russia and all the Soviet Block countries....SLAM that Iron Curtain SHUT.... Oh PLEASE...!!!"
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Anyway update on which countries for real that they pulled out and hope it is not mine lol. Also nice one pochui had a laugh reading them lol, anyway have fun guys just returned from work and pumped after eating and ready to play some poker so good luck guys if you on the tables and maybe we can meet up and crush those fishes. hehe
Cheers do tell me how this is going on and which countries is banned or being pulled out off by pokerstars!
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pochui the amount of effort you put in your posts amaze me but i don't mind , they are very funny i feel sorry for the people who got banned from playing , it is not their fault that they don't share the same passion as their fellow countrymen i am in the clear , i can play just fine .. in my country poker is getting popular and many players are depositing but you will never know , maybe i should prepare to change the poker software
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Mauritius is not mentioned on the list circulating on the internet, but this one isn't official anyway. Amaya, the new parent company of Stars and FT, has not published a list of countries themself.
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here is the list , i found in google : Malaysia, Turkey, UAE, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Nigeria, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Palestinian Territories, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda , the Vatican , Iran, Iraq, Syria, Zimbabwe, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar and Yemen.
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Posted by shokaku: Both Stars and FT pull out of countries they consider to be "grey markets". Most of them are in Africa or the Middle East. Players can't sit down on real money games any more, but still can cash out their funds.
G'day mates
Well I read the title to this thread and my first wish was that I was going to hear they had decided to pull out of Russia and all them other Formerly Russian States. Were not that lucky eh mates. best wishes to you all be cool Ronin
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I wonder if that move would have happened with the old owners. But no matter what when these two sites stop operating in so many "grey markets" that means again, that again the game due to rules and regulations is going downhill. Good days of online poker are long past.
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You are confusing something here. Deeper penetration is important to Blackjack play, but does not apply to p0ker at all. Maybe it is a hint, that they really want to introduce c4sino style games at Stars.
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Posted by RoninHarper:
Posted by shokaku: Both Stars and FT pull out of countries they consider to be "grey markets". Most of them are in Africa or the Middle East. Players can't sit down on real money games any more, but still can cash out their funds.
G'day mates
Well I read the title to this thread and my first wish was that I was going to hear they had decided to pull out of Russia and all them other Formerly Russian States. Were not that lucky eh mates. best wishes to you all be cool Ronin
they already lost americans, which was a big profit loss, if they pull out of russia, then online poker is doomed, without those two countries, the poker site would go broke, like that happened to ultimatebet/absolute poker, after black friday, cause thats where most americans played.l
Tittybong
would love to visit Hookersville for some Tittybong
