Pokerstars have issued a press release following following the decision to stop serving US players, in which they confirm they have “suspend[ed] real money poker services” to those in the United States but that, “These developments are confined to the U.S. and do not have any impact on your ability to continue using our services.”
The press article continues:
Please be assured, player balances are safe. There is no cause for concern. For all customers outside the U.S., it is business as usual.
The Poker Stars website has been moved to www.pokerstars.eu, and our support email address is now support@pokerstars.eu. We apologize to our players for any inconvenience caused by this disruption.
Please be aware that we are currently experiencing a very high volume of emails, so our response times are delayed. We will answer player emails as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience in this matter.
The decision to remove from the US market comes as a reaction to recent legal developments, where the US Department Of Justice has issued indictments against some of the owners and operators of the biggest online poker site in the world.
Prosecutors allege the online poker sites laundered money and committed bank fraud by misleading banks about the true nature of their business. According to the New York Times the online poker sites, “tricked banks into processing billions of dollars in payments from customers in the United States”.
