Hi players !

I have a really serious post for you !

I'm not a rastit, but since I run a very serious egold gamble site I have to obey the rules of EGOLD personnel who contacted me on email half an hour ago !

This was the email message :

"Notice to Gambling Sites

Please take notice of our Press Release below. e-gold is requiring,
effective immediately, that all online gambling businesses enable a new
feature that blocks spends from accounts controlled by users residing in
the United States or who are accessing the Internet from within the
United States.

In order to enable this feature:

1. Access your e-gold account.

2. Click on Account Info.

3. Select Control Panel sub-menu.

4. You will see a new setting entitled "Spends from US Persons."

5. From the two choices, Refuse or Accept, choose Refuse.

6. Enter Turing number and click Update Control Panel Settings.

Thank you for your prompt action to comply with this requirement.

e-gold

__________________________________________________ _

Press Release

e-gold® Empowers Online Gambling Sites to Refuse Payments from US Persons


February 19, 2007

On October 12, 2006, the Safe Ports Act was signed into law in the
United States. As a result of the Safe Ports Act and the Unlawful
Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 contained in the Safe Ports
Act, the facilitation of many forms of Internet gambling by persons
located in the United States has become a proscribed activity. With the
objective of preventing the use of e-gold by United States persons for
unlawful online gambling, e-gold has deployed a feature whereby any
e-gold account holder may configure their e-gold account(s) to block
incoming e-gold Spends from accounts controlled by Users residing inside
the United States or who are accessing the Internet from within the
United States. Online gambling businesses using e-gold are now required
to enable this new account attribute.

About e-gold:

e-gold is an alternative payment system that mobilizes the value of
gold, as money, for Internet payments and funds transfers. e-gold builds
upon the fundamental strength in proven customer demand for gold as a
secure store of value. All e-gold is backed by a 100% reserve of
physical gold in recognized repositories. e-gold offers customers a
secure and robust payment system that minimizes exchange risk, operates
globally 24/7, has finality of payment with no chargebacks, uses
automated interfaces, and is low cost. Operational since 1996, e-gold
has settled over 70M transactions, serves customers in 165 countries,
and holds over 3.5 metric tonnes of gold.

For information contact visit e-gold... Internet payments, 100% backed by gold "

I always said THANKS GOD I'm not American

regards

P.M. anyone got the same email???

Wonder when egold will be sending emails to admins of hyip/surfing programs

It all comes down to taxing online gambling sites...The land casinos were mad that they were losing business to online gambling sites because online gambling sites don\'t pay taxes...

So they got the Congress to pass a law banning online gambling...

nothing wrong with that...

Belive me I have the email .... If you want to write him just say

They are targeting online gambling sites only... not hyips or anything else. That's perfectly normal since all other american banks have already blocked online gambling sites.

Just as ASFx said, it tagets casino sites only. If you will notice, E-gold has never made a single reference to HYIPs that I am aware of.

Besides, it would be easy for a US resident to get around those blocks.

It will never end, the hyip scene will simply go 'underground'

Since HYIPS are illegal in the US anyway, this law doesn't really apply.

I never knew it. I got the point now!

Does anyone know of any cases where a US member was blocked from any of the gambling sites using this method?

HYIPs are not affected from this rule. its time to find a good e-gold alternative

Maybe ebullion will get a boost hehe

Liberty reserve is obviously on deck to knock the king off the hill. Screw you e-gold, screw you.

HYIP's are illegal in the US. So if I report the income I get arrested? if I don't I get arrested for evasion? damned if you do and damned if you don't?