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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
Wow, that sucks.
What has changed since last year to make them pull the plug now rather than when everybody else did?
Probably a WPN lawyer's opinion. Or someone in government/law enforcement gave them reason to think they needed to change their stance.
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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
Have WPN pulled out of any other markets in the past?
I don't know about doing so in this fashion, but they don't serve all US states, so it's not like they ignore all legislation.
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Originally Posted by D1iabol1cal
If we lose WPN, then it's probably just a matter of time before Ignition withdraws from the Aussie market too. Then it truly will be the end of online poker in this country.
Not necessarily. Here in Canada, we've had a few instances of ewallets or poker sites pulling out, citing changes in legislation or some such nonsense, when absolutely nothing has changed. People got worried that it was the start of something big, and it never was. Just one business getting worried and pulling out.
Now, of course the situations are in no way analogous - Canada has no anti-poker legislation like Australia or the US does. My point is just that sometimes businesses make decisions like this seemingly based on nothing more than someone deciding the risk is no longer worth it. WPN's decision (if they've actually made an official one) could be a sign of trouble to come from other sites, but it also could be nothing more than an isolated case. Hopefully it's the latter.