Mansion poker closing to UK players? is this just the start?

Colbefc

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I have just received an email from Mansion Poker, who I used to play with years ago, saying that due to changing legislation they have to close their site to UK players on Sept 15th?
Is this due to legislation in the US I wonder, or the start of the UK going the same way as the US. Anyone know anymore about this?
 
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Don't know the exact details but basically there is a new UK tax law on gambling that is ****ing over any companies with UK poker rooms... Mansion probably just don't want to pay it.
 
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yep .....uk players on titan are moving to titanbet.co.uk on the 15th
 
arizoney

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wow mansion going down in the uk thats not good. from what i remember mansion is one of the old sites that i remember. i remember when they went down in the us. it was just one of the sites i wasnt able to recover funds from after they went down here in the us. yup im sure it has something to do with politics and tax laws like n3rv says. good luck uk players on the politics.
 
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Still jealous you all can play on the good sites!

Sure hope the market doesn't shrink for you like it has to us!
 
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Just had an email from poker Heaven saying from Oct 1st they will no longer be accepting UK players?? :mad:
 
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I think it is to do with the fact that online poker rooms that have a licence to operate in the UK will soon have to pay a 15% point of consumption tax to the UK government. All the big providers will do this because the UK is a big market for them.
 
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I played on the site years ago they still owe me money.
 
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