Hi folks.
We're now on v40.6 which includes an additional bug fix. v41 is coming in a couple of weeks, more details nearer the time.
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Originally Posted by MPN Alex
Hi guys,
We're trialling a change at the 5c/10c level today - all 9-handed tables have been changed to 8-handed.
If the trial is successful, all 9-handed tables at all stakes will be changed to 8-handed. Obviously if the trial fails, then we will revert back to 9-handed.
The change was a success, and 9-handed tables are now gone. Goodbye 9-handed, nobody will miss you.
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Originally Posted by Saburo
The traffic is getting worse and worse
It always does at this time of year. The decline starts in Easter and continues until late Summer. Traffic has also migrated from cash games to tournaments pretty consistently over the past few years and the vast majority of online poker activity (industry wide) is now tournaments, not cash games.
That said, I'm not deluded and I do accept that traffic is lower since the loss of RedKings in particular. We have big plans to address this and I also have a lot of confidence in our recent additions - One Time Poker, Players Come First and 7777.
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Originally Posted by JohnCleese
Can anyone tell me which MPN skin has the best RG controls, if any? I want to be able to block or limit everything but poker. Thanks.
Any UK or Sweden-Licensed operator will have strong responsible gaming controls, and every operator on our poker network has the ability to block you from the casino games in the client itself.
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Originally Posted by White_Gatsby
Betsafe has asked me to provide "source of income", asking to see my bank statements.
I now want to know if anybody else has recently been asked to show this proof. I have been playing on Betsafe for quite a while and have deposited and withdrawn many many times, I have also played many other MPN skins.
If you have no income except poker, how can you show them proof of income, i.e payslips from job?
Why are they asking this? I have won way more money than I have lost and have played over 1 million hands of poker on their sites. I'm confused as to why they are asking?
Are they concerned that I cant afford to play on their site or are they concerned I am money laundering, after playing a million hands at ssplo?
I know you have PMd me about this but I think it's best to address this publicly.
They are asking so that they can be comfortable that the money you're playing with doesn't come from criminal activity, especially money laundering.
Under UK regulations (and also under some other regs, such as the Maltese regs and various aspects of EU law) gambling operators have to apply a risk-based approach and have to apply 'Enhanced Due Diligence' to players which are higher risk.
The regs aren't prescriptive about the exact details of when Enhanced Due Diligence must be performed or what 'higher risk' is in every situation, so you'll see different poker rooms apply it in different ways. But generally, anybody who is moving a large amount of money in or out of their account is going to be considered 'high risk'. And poker is higher risk than casino or sports due to the peer-to-peer nature of the game.
The penalties for getting it wrong are severe - the UKGC just announced that 4 operators will pay penalty packages totalling £4.5m for failings in this area:
https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.u...ng-sector.aspx
One of those fines was in part because an operator failed to carry out 'Source of wealth' checks on a player.
In future, operators will also be required to carry out affordability checks on players - i.e. to ensure that a player can afford to lose what they have deposited.
In short, such checks are going to become the norm, but expect different operators to apply them in different ways depending on how they have decided to manage risk.
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Originally Posted by Loc0dice
@Alex/Peter I thought dutch players where blocked form MG but bettson told me its fine to play on their website and there is nothing going on ? Am i missing something here now ?
Microgaming hasn't made any changes in this area.
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Originally Posted by lanaTT
They closed my account. They said I won too much.
This is not true. Your accounts were closed because you are linked to several other suspicious looking accounts. PCF is waiting for you to respond to their request for documentation.