DoylesRoom.com to No Longer Allow Americans to Play Poker Online.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Costa Rica Costa Rica (kŏs`tə rē`kə), officially Republic of Costa Rica, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,016,000), 19,575 sq mi (50,700 sq km), Central America. -- DoylesRoom.com, one of the most popular poker sites on the internet, today announced that it will close its US-facing operations. The recently passed Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA UIGEA Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 ) and closures by payment processors were cited as the reasons for the surprise move. With immediate effect, US online poker Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a dramatic increase in the number of poker players worldwide. In 2005, revenues from online poker were estimated at US$ 200 million per month. players will not be permitted to sign up for real money play or deposit funds into existing accounts. DoylesRoom.com will not permit US-based play commencing March 1, 2007. DoylesRoom.com will continue serving non-US players and will increase its focus on Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Commenting today, a spokesperson said: "In view of the passage of the UIGEA and the cessation of operations by Neteller and other payment processors, the management of DoylesRoom.com has reluctantly decided not to permit online real money play by US-based players at DoylesRoom.com." Doyle's Room (www.DoylesRoom.com) is the only online poker site endorsed by poker legend, Doyle Brunson. The site is an international hub for Texas Hold 'em Texas hold 'em (also hold'em, holdem) is the most popular poker variant played in casinos in the United States.[1] Hold'em is a community card game where each player may use any combination of the five community cards and their own two hole cards and other popular poker games. Players at DoylesRoom.com can play for free to learn the game, or engage in real game play against players throughout the World. |
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