Microgaming casinos to make a complete withdrawal from the United States

It appears that the sketchy involvement of prolific online gaming company, Microgaming, in the United States market is finally about to reach an end; with American gaming laws becoming increasingly stricter. It could mean that Microgaming will no longer be the name it once was…

After the infamous ‘Kentucky Domain Name Seizure’ back in 2008, Microgaming officially withdrew from the United States market; despite this, some Microgaming casinos continued to operate in the states where gambling was not made explicitly illegal. Meanwhile, in other states, some Microgaming casinos found a loophole by continuing to accept bets from existing customers, while refusing to register new customers to their online casinos.Thanks to action taken by the US Department of Justice, some online poker and casino sites have to clean up their act in the United States – this has caused Microgaming in particular to have to seriously rethink the way in which their offer their services. This has led to a statement from a Microgaming affiliate, which read: “It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you all that all MG US facing brands are shutting down as of 12 AM. I know some are concerned about withdrawing money and how this will affect payouts, the truth is right now I do not know.”The Microgaming casinos groups that have been hit by the US Department of Justice’s actions include Platinum Play, 7 Sultans, Royal Vegas and Vegas Palms, all of which saw a heavy amount of user traffic in the from the United States.This latest news is sure to have a huge knock-on effect within the gaming industry as a whole; many industry insiders believe that the real news is only just starting to develop, meaning there will be many eyes on the latest developments within this story over the next few months.Luckily, there’s no such problem here in the UK – so you can continue playing today with our free casino bonuses!

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