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[TN_Rocks]

Just received the folloing email from Purple Lounge. Won't be long till the other pokdr sites pick up on it. What will we do these lonely nights this winter when all the poker sites are closed for U.S. Players.

Dear Leo As you will be aware there are currently several actions being taken in the US against online gaming companies. While this has so far focussed on organizations based outside the untied states involved in taking sports bets from US resident citizens we believe that the current legislation at both a federal and state level is insufficiently clear to allow us to continue taking business from US residents at this time. Further clarifications of the rules governing online poker and casino as opposed to sports betting are required and hopefully when this clarification is in place we will be able to resume taking bets and poker traffic from players based within the United States. Until the existing legislation is clarified, Purple Lounge will no longer take customers, bets or poker rake from any player resident within the United States of America. Any US player who holds a Purple Lounge account with a current balance will be able to withdraw their money over the next 14 days. Please note that this action is not a Prima/Microgaming Network restriction but a decision taken by the Purple Lounge Team alone and applies to Purple Lounge only. We do apologise for any inconvenience that may be caused by this action and we will of course endeavour to keep you sufficiently informed of any change in this policy. Kind Regards Purple Lounge

[ken8400]

:?:  hopefully if you know somebody in Canada or another country , use their address. i'm sure some site will come up so we can post addresses outside the good old USA. that could be a little side job to make some cash flow lol. you would think the feds have better things to do. make your calls today to white house.

[dino1252]

It is election time here in the states, and nothing whips up the Religious Right like a little anti-gambling campaign. The up side is that I have tried calling the 800 number for several hours and it has been busy, so that is either a sign that a lot of folks are calling, or someone cut off the service. I did email both Senators instead. Hopefully they will not get to it before the end of the session, after which it will probably not be as hot an issue.