CPAYS CUTS OFF AMERICANS

(661) (10-October-2006)

Playtech affiliate program stops handling US traffic

Online casino and poker room marketing affiliates have started to receive a communication from  the Playtech affiliate program CPays advising them that American players are about to be blocked as a consequence of the new US laws that seek to disrupt online gambling financial flows.

The CPays website now carries the following announcement:

"Due to the imminent passing of the Federal Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act by the United States Senate on September 30, 2006, and in line with the high level of service that we have always provided to our affiliates, it is important for us to advise you that many of the websites we work with have decided not to accept wagers from residents in the United States. We will therefore stop handling U.S.-based traffic."