'Black Friday' effect of Internet gambling measure fuels exodus
It's written by Daniel, our plugged-in friend at Poker Cats. The article quotes two great bloggers, Scurvy and Gracie.
ATLANTA (AP) - Internet poker players and other gamblers in the U.S. have withdrawn thousands of dollars from their Web-based accounts while some gaming sites have raced to block U.S. residents' access to online poker, casinos and sports-betting just a week after Congress approved a ban on banks doing business with the sites.
"It was really the Black Friday of the poker industry," said Nolan Dalla, spokesman for the World Series of Poker, referring to the legislation's passage Sept. 30. "This is clearly going to hurt the game, its players and people in the industry." ...
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