eWALLET FIRM DEPARTS US POKER SCENE - Online-Casinos.com

ePassporte calls it a day, citing US enforcement activity

The California based e-wallet service ePassporte appears to be about to exit the United States online poker market, although as Online-Casinos.com/InfoPowa went to press Sunday this had not been confirmed by a general public statement from the company.

However, both Cake Poker and Full Tilt Poker have been advised by ePassporte management that "...a widespread investigation of Internet gambling, including poker" by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Southern New York" is responsible for the decision, according to online media reports from Poker News.com.

Back in the day when Eliot Spitzer controlled the New York AG's office it conducted a number of busts involving online gambling and ancillary services, such as the prosecution against Neteller.com's founders which was eventually settled for well over $100 million.

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