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News of poker rooms: who does leave, when do they leave and which countries do they leave
25 may 2021
The coming summer prepares not only joyful surprises. A number of major poker rooms announced the leaving of some countries. We will tell you the details.
- GUTS Poker. The well-known skin of the iPoker network announced that from June 1, it would no longer accept players from Ukraine. Ukrainian poker players will have to withdraw their balances until May 31. After this, it will also be possible to withdraw funds, but players will need to make a request through the support service.
- Partypoker. At the beginning of June, Party will leave the Baltic countries. Its leaving will be "soft" – firstly, they will stop accepting new players, but it would be better fot current players from these countries to withdraw their balances as soon as possible. Nevertheless, Baltic poker players will still be able to play on the Party network: Entain owns Optibet which is the official guide of Baltic players to the Party.
- Unibet. Following the adopted tax changes in Germany, Unibet Poker announced that from July 1, they would reduce significantly the functionality of local players. The planned 5.3% tax on the turnover of gambling companies seemed to Unibet an unbearable burden for a not very liquid market. Unibet plans to remove all cash games and SNGs for German players, as well as terminate the loyalty program. Unibet promises to keep only lottery SnG Hexapro and MTT tournaments for German poker players.
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