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ePassporte
In
the
News
Again
April
15,
2008
It
would
seem
that
ePassporte
is
looking
to
pull
out
of
the
US
market
for
payment
processing.
Several
sources
have
reported
that
the
online
gambling
payment
processing
company
is
closing
its
doors
to
US
residents.
They
mailed
a
statement
to
all
of
those
companies
that
currently
use
their
service
for
their
online
gambling
customers.
They
will
no
longer
be
an
online
gambling
payment
processor
for
online
poker
sites
–
but
only
for
US
residents.
Even
though
they
have
reported
it
to
their
clients,
they
have
not
yet
made
an
official
statement
to
the
press.
Some
believe
that
they
were
“pressured”
to
leave
the
online
gambling
market
by
the
US
government.
According
to
the
letter,
the
closing
of
their
doors
to
US
poker
players
was
in
response
to
"a
widespread
investigation
of
Internet
gambling,
including
poker,
by
the
United
States
Attorney's
Office
for
the
District
of
Southern
New
York."
They
said
that
they
didn’t
feel
that
they
had
“done
anything
illegal”
but
were
pulling
out
before
anyone
could
basically
think
that
they
had
done
so.
They
said
that
they
did
not
want
to
be
perceived
as
participating
in
any
illegal
goings
on
and
thus
felt
it
was
best
to
stop
offering
the
service.
Players
had
noticed
that
they
were
no
longer
an
option
on
many
major
online
gambling
sites,
but
without
any
official
word
they
didn’t
know
why.
They
heard
through
those
companies
that
it
would
no
longer
be
servicing
that
they
had
received
information
regarding
the
pull
out.
Players
should
be
able
to
remove
their
funds
from
their
accounts,
but
will
not
be
able
to
put
anymore
in.
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