New legislation

[Nuttkickker]

I recieved the following message yesterday and just wondering whats the story with the new legislation and what effect it will have on players and sites.


Hi,

This is message about your NetBet login

Please be aware that the Irish Government has introduced legislation that stops us from offering our services to you.
This is TEMPORARY and we will be back as soon as possible.

From August 1st 2015...
- You will not be able to login to your NetBet account or cashier
- If you require a cashout please contact customer support who will be happy to assist
PLEASE NOTE: Your account will still exist and all funds kept safely for you in accordance with NetBet Poker's terms and conditions.

Be back soon,

NetBet

[Valor]

Anybody know anything more about this? Thats a bet sites now, Cake, Netbet and Winmax that are banning Irish players. What is it based on?

[iSnow]

Appears to be remote gaming ring-fencing by Gambling Commission which came into effect on Aug 1st. http://www.gamingintelligence.com/le...nce-in-ireland.

[Flushdraw]

Posted this in the other Winamax thread, but probably better to have it here too for people worried about Stars.fr

Hello Tony,

Thank you for your email.

We can confirm that players residing in Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden, must now play on our PokerStars.EU platform, licensed by the Malta Gaming Authority (CL3/795/2011).

You may also wish to review our Terms of Service, located at:

http://www.pokerstars.eu/poker/room/tos/

Moving your account is fast and easy. All you need is to download and install the PokerStars.EU software on your computer which is available at the following links:

For Windows:

http://www.pokerstars.eu/PokerStarsInstallEU.exe

For Mac:

http://www.pokerstars.eu/PokerStarsEU.app.zip

Once installed, please log in using your existing User ID and password. You will be required to upgrade the software and log in twice during the process of moving your account. Just follow the instructions provided by the software and your account will be successfully migrated.

You should then be ready to play on PokerStars.EU.

In regards to the issue with our contact form, we would like to ask you to try again, once you have installed PokerStars.EU and migrated your account.

Finally, regarding PokerStars.FR, please note that you will still be able to use your PokerStars.FR account. This has nothing to do with the migration from PokerStars.COM to PokerStars.EU.

If you encounter difficulties with the migration or need any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact us again at any time

Also got this email from mybet

Due to legal restrictions we have to temporarily close down our gaming services in your country. We are currently evaluating the application for a license in Ireland and we are obliged to close your account until further notice. We will be able to reopen your account when things get back to normal and you will then get access to our services again.

Your main funds, casino chips and poker chips will not be lost. Any remaining chips have been transfered to your main account. Open sports bets were settled as void and we refunded your stakes for those bets.

We kindly ask you to withdraw your remaining funds to your bank account within the next 4 weeks. Our payment team will automatically proceed a transfer and get in touch with you, should you have failed to make the transfer yourself within this time frame.

We apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Your mybet Team

[Flushdraw]

Got this email today

Hi,

This is message about your NetBet login: PSRxxxxxx

We are pleased to tell you that NetBet has been granted a licence in Ireland and so you can now enjoy all our services with no restrictions!

Your login and password are still valid. Simply login to NetBet as usual.
Forgotten Password? Follow this link...

https://poker.netbet.com/en/?client_action=forgotpassword

Good luck at our tables,

NetBet
poker.netbet.com

Fingers crossed for Winamax doing the same!