Bitcoin Gambling Site SatoshiBet Turns Back on United States Market
Due to fear and uncertainty of online gambling regulations in the United States, popular bitcoin gambling site SatoshiBet announced that they would be immediately closing their doors to customers in the United States. In a PSA on Reddit, SatoshiBet made their announcement and cited their reasons. "Since SatoshiBet launched its casino in early 2013, Bitcoin gained an exponential amount of mainstream attention, of both users as lawmakers," the bitcoin gambling site explained. "As a consequence we have decided, effective immediately, to close SatoshiBet.com to US players. All US-based IP's....
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