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09-28-2006, 09:58 AM
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William Hill cuts off US players
IGamblingNews
William Hill has stopped taking casino and poker bets from American gamblers in the latest setback to hit the online gambling industry. William Hill said it had taken steps to stop accepting casino and poker business from clients with a U.S. address or U.S.-issued credit card, the same as steps already in place to prevent Internet betting on sports events by U.S. residents. The group said it would only consider allowing American customers to play poker and casino games online once the law governing the issue had been clarified. David Harding, chief executive of William Hill, believes that the impact of the decision would be minimal because US gamblers accounted for only 0.5 per cent of the company's online business. Mr Harding said, 'Our legal advice was and is that it is legal to accept online poker and casino in the US, but with all the things that have been happening, we decided it was the prudent thing to do 
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09-28-2006, 10:36 AM
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Not good
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09-28-2006, 10:39 AM
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Thats a shame they are an easy book to beat.
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09-28-2006, 10:41 AM
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i am canadian
luckily i am still able to be with them
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09-28-2006, 10:47 AM
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as johnny1212 posted:
US action in their sportsbook was never permitted and now US action in their casion and poker room isn't either this is just a trustworthy euro gaming company closing a portion of their business where risk did not justify its profit. My guess is they never had a big marketshare to begin with
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09-28-2006, 10:54 AM
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Thanks for clarification.
Still not really a great sign anytime these places go this direction with US $, imo.
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09-28-2006, 10:56 AM
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their euro and asian action keeps them busy I hear
it means nothing
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