PokerStars Denies Bitcoin Acceptance Rumours
PokerStars has denied rumours it will soon accept bitcoin. The world's largest online poker site said through a representative that it has no immediate plans to accept bitcoin. They said: PokerStars has no immediate plans to implement bitcoin, and it is not on our development roadmap. The company went on to state that it is, however, reviewing its position and that it will continue to monitor the situation. The PokerStars representative also flatly denied the veracity of reports that have claimed the poker site is finalising bitcoin integration citing unnamed company insiders, calling such....
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There is some gossip going around that PokerStars is considering to accept Bitcoin as a payment method. PokerStars rules the online gambling arena: Currently the top online poker website, PokerStars has a customer base of nearly 50 million members and it is by far the leading gambling application in the world. If the rumors are true, US players may even be able to play real online poker as bitcoin surpasses the restrictions imposed by the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which forbids banks to send payments to gambling websites. Given that a large number of people are already....
There is some gossip going around saying Pokerstars is preparing to start accepting Bitcoin as a payment method. Pokerstars is currently the most used poker gambling application around the world; a large number of the poker community members use Bitcoin regularly, and if the major online poker provider starts to accept Bitcoin it would be great news. Rumors have been around saying that users will soon be able to use Bitcoins to recharge their accounts. The online poker room is also said to be working on several fronts to establish the digital currency as an important means of payment in....
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