Just received this fromt he Doyle's Room Af*****ate folks...super.

Dear Affiliate,

We have received notice from our poker software provider that as of Wednesday, October 29th, they will begin blocking connections from 13 U.S. states based on IP address. Therefore, we are sending an email to all those players that may be affected by this block. Below you will find a copy of this email.



Dear Player,

We have received notice from our poker software provider that as of Wednesday, October 29th, they will begin blocking connections from 13 U.S. states based on IP address.

If your internet service provider is based in one of the following 13 states, you may or may not be affected by this change:

Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Washington and Kentucky.

Blocked connections will receive an error message upon attempting to login to the poker client. Please read the Common Concerns below and if you feel your connection to the poker client is being blocked in error, please contact customer service immediately at support@dbpn.com so that we may assist you in logging into your account.

Common Concerns:

1. I am not in one of the states above will there be any difference in my connecting to the poker client?
No, your account will not be affected.
2. What is an IP address? An IP address is assigned to you by your Internet Service Provider (ISP). All users of the internet are assigned an IP address. This address can be used to roughly determine the geographic location of your ISP. The address returned from a lookup of your IP address is actually the address of your ISP rather than your physical address. This discrepancy may cause some players that are not from a blocked state to appear as though they are from a blocked state.
3. I am not attempting to connect from one of the 13 states above, but I am still having problems logging into the poker client. What should I do? We apologize for this inconvenience. State lookups based on your IP address are not always accurate. Please send an email to support@dbpn.com with your login name and a brief description of your problem.
4. I am not from one of the 13 states but I am traveling to one of them. Will I be able to connect? There is a chance that you will not be able to connect if you are travelling to one of the 13 states listed above. Please contact support@dbpn.com if you are traveling through one of the states and are having a problem logging into your account.
We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this causes you and urge you to contact our 24 hour support services if you have any further questions. Click to visit our support page



- The Technical Team at DoylesRoom.com

As of today, microgaming and merge are blocking certain us states in response to the kentucky fiasco

link to kentucky fiasco?

Go to the Legislation Forum. Cliffnotes version: State of Kentucky says to online gambling sites, IP block Kentucky or we get your domain names.

Is it possible that ftp and stars will do the same? I'm in one of the 13 states affected.

where are doyles room, microgaming, and merge run from?

FTP = out of business if they do.

Why can't we do what we choose with our time and money? This is so lame.

If you live in a banned Prima/MG state you better clear any bonus today

I guess it came a few days later than expected.

This was discussed last week. There are multiple problems here. First many/most of Comcast's IP's show a NJ location. This effectively bans all Comcast players. OTOH AOL players won't get banned no matter where they are. There are other examples too.

Some people are just asking 4 a small piece of lead.

I am considering moving to Washington state and play on Stars.

I use Verizons air card.

Using an air card, will my I.P. adress show up as being in Washington?

After travelling through Europe and with our government telling me what I can and can't do with my money, I'm beginning to think that our country isn't really the "land of the free" at all.

LOL USAments!

Yeah just like Party went out of business as well when they banned Americans.

The site that benefited the most from the UIGEA is FTP. FTP was 6th or less in traffic before it was passed..so while it wont kill them the traffic will take an extreme hit.