We seem to be pretty blessed in the UK when it comes to online poker. The government don't seem interested in meddling with it at all, which gives the poker sites no reason to want to leave the market. I think as other countries government have changed laws regarding online gambling, poker sites have gone "do you know what? It's not worth our hassle, we'll just stop operating in your country".Whau so PartyPoker still operates in the UK? That has to be one of only a handfull of countries, they did not leave yet
PartyPoker has said, they wanted to leave all "grey markets", which they then did. But now they have also started leaving regulated markets like sweden, where they already had a license, and there has been no changes to the law for many years. So I guess, their plan is to offer games in the UK (where Rob Yong is from) and then maybe on the moon?
Can't play on Winamax in the UK.
On the moon...this seems familiarPartyPoker has said, they wanted to leave all "grey markets", which they then did. But now they have also started leaving regulated markets like Sweden, where they already had a license, and there has been no changes to the law for many years. So I guess, their plan is to offer games in the UK (where Rob Yong is from) and then maybe on the moon?
Sweden and germany also have deposit limit. In Sweden its 5.000 SEK per week and 20.000 SEK per month. This is roughly similar to $500 and $2.000. So a bit less strict than UK apparently but still a major issue for high stakes player, who cant move their funds around or have them sitting in a regular bank account. If for instance somebody wants to play the SCOOP and WCOOP events on pokerstars, they need to leave a significant amount of money sitting on PokerStars 12 month a year.
If they stop playing, then at least it serves its intended purpose. But the issue is, at least here in Sweden its per site, and there are also unregulated sites and brick and mortar places, where people can continue gambling. So in reality general deposit limits almost certainly does not help people with real gambling problems. For most people losing $2.000 per month on multible sites is already far more, than they can afford. And on the other hand if someone has a net worth of several millions, they dont really need this sort of "protection".
My last spin was a $1 overdrive.Awesome cheers!!! This has also reminded me they are giving me a ticket for a big freeroll, for every deposit I make of $10.....that or those freerolls could be really good!
Edit: Ijust won a 1c ticket!!
Still only 130 entrants in the depositor freeroll today, 300 places paid! Its gonne be a giveaway basically
