American players are Getting screwed!!

Hi, I play real money on about 25 different poker rooms online. In the past 2 weeks 5 poker sites have deactivated my account because I am a United States resident. Our government has started regulating it and I dont think its gonna stop until we cant play on any room...I just know it. Does anybody know anything about this? Or has it happened to any others? Please reply! This sucks ...

Don't be such a tool - the recently passed bill by the House hasn't even been brought up for discussion, much less a vote, by the Senate. There has been no "regulation" started now - the decision of these certain poker rooms/networks to close their business to American players is solely being made by the poker sites, themselves.

The minute you see the big rooms like Party Poker, Poker Stars, & Paradise Poker start rejecting Americans, then you have cause for worry. Small, piss-ant sites like Poker4Ever who decide not to accept American players will have no one to blame but themselves for making horrible business decisions to put themselves out of business.

I don't understand why it's the small, relatively unknown sites that are rejecting Americans now. They're the ones who really need the business. And wouldn't the government be more likely to go after the big sites first?

From the smaller site's perpective, it's easy to see why: Any legal matters would probably bankrupt them and put them out of business instantly, even if they were to win their case. Why not be proactive, and just ban Americans alltogether? There were sites that did not allow Americans prior to 2006 (A couple of Cryptologic and Prima skins come to mind here) - so it's not like this "exposure" is a new thing....it's just greater.

The big site's, I'm guessing, have reserves set up just for a legal battle with the U.S. BetOnSports is in trouble more for their sports-betting than their poker room - so the big sites might not be worried at this time here.

I'm guessing it's sites whose customer base is only a small portion American who are doing this at the moment.

Just read something about this today....story is here http://www.slate.com/id/2146538/?GT1=8391

Poker4Ever is the only site I have heard talking about cashier concerns. I think they are overreacting to possible legislation that won't really do anything different than what credit card companies already do.

There is a great article written last month in cardplayer online. Check it out.

Was one of these sites Fonbet Poker by any chance?

I ve heard as well for Poker4Ever but talking with some players over there, told me that they can withdraw only with neteller from here on, not bank wire and other methods..
These days Poker4Ever has 20-30% less players...
But generally this is a madness.. Shows one more time the politician's hypocrisy.. Hope finally Americans players have no problem..