MUSLIM COUNTRIES NOT WELCOME BY POKERSTARS??

[yaahello]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...-area-1478565/

seems with no notice or nothing they shut down accounts from a bunch of countries.


this was email later on in thread

Hello Ozgur,

Thank you for your email.

You should be able to play abroad but please note that the restriction applies to the following countries:

Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, Kuwait, Senegal, Nigeria, Tanzania, United Republic of Bahrain, Afghanistan, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Holy See (Vatican City)

The following countries are also blocked and no play money games are available:

Iran, Iraq, Syria, Zimbabwe, Libya, Sudan, North Korea, Cuba, Myanmar, Yemen.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you and we appreciate your understanding in this matter.

[Lord of the Fraud]

That's really fucked up. Not read that thread but maybe it was down to a threat on Stars from radicals?



Also, everyone in them listed countries can't just up sticks and move to Europe or w/e because they'd never get a visa.


Besides, your average recreational arab players are crazy loose and shall be missed. Real shitty for the regs though.


Religion is such a fucking joke

Medieval cunts.

[BeerAndPoker]

It's LOL that the Sudanese can't even fire up play money tables.

[big dick]

"Medieval cunts".. lolz

[ThreeBet]

[herbertstemple]

They had to have been told to leave, got scared and left. No point to just walk out otherwise.

[Dan Druff]

Wow, I thought it was just a few countries. This is some list.

I like how Amaya is apparently worried that terrorists will bomb the Isle of Man airport, and that Cuba will borrow Russian nukes and wipe them off the map.

[zealanddonk]

Lol americans.

Most of the countries are on the ITAR list:
http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/

and since Pokerstars is trying to get into America its most likely they are just following the rules. There's a slight chance its because Pokerstars uses encryption in their product.

Also, almost of the countries are broke ass 3rd world countries they wont be missing the customers from there.

[herbertstemple]

Lol americans.

Most of the countries are on the ITAR list:
http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/

and since Pokerstars is trying to get into America its most likely they are just following the rules. There's a slight chance its because Pokerstars uses encryption in their product.

Also, almost of the countries are broke ass 3rd world countries they wont be missing the customers from there.

I get it now. Maybe they are worried about some massive chip dumping or money transfers from the nut jobs that live over here to the nut jobs that live over there.

I know its anti poker but it is a valid concern if that's what they are worried about.

[DirtyB]

Lol americans.

Most of the countries are on the ITAR list:
http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/embargoed_countries/

and since Pokerstars is trying to get into America its most likely they are just following the rules. There's a slight chance its because Pokerstars uses encryption in their product.

Also, almost of the countries are broke ass 3rd world countries they wont be missing the customers from there.

Most of those countries are not on the ITER list. The ones that are, like Cuba and North Korea, had about 0 active players.

[JUSTIFIEDhomicide]

Bahrain is full of Americans