Rival Gaming Casinos No Longer Allowing Canadian Players.

February 2, 2009

In a short press release that was issued to both players and affiliates, Rival Gaming casinos will no longer be allowing Canadian citizens to play on Rival-powered online casinos.

It was a sudden move that was brought upon by the Canadian government’s continuing power push to ban certain online gaming sites from all areas in and around Canada.

Tens of thousands of surprised Canucks found the following statement that was issued via email by Rival Gaming casino websites (the one below was from SlotoCash):

“Dear SlotoCash player,

Unfortunately as from 1st February 2009 all Rival powered casinos will no longer accept residents of Canada.

The decision was made by our Software Provider “Rival Powered Gaming” due to pressure from their Canadian suppliers to cease accepting Canadian residents .”

It is unclear whether this decision will remain permanent or be a case similar to Doyle’s Room Poker, which had left and come back to the United States several times before jumping ship from the Merge Network and finally switching to a more USA-friendly network in the Cake Network earlier this year.