{"id":10284,"date":"2020-09-04T09:38:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=10284"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:38:15","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T09:38:15","slug":"pokerstars-withdraws-from-china-taiwan-and-macau-online-poker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/pokerstars-withdraws-from-china-taiwan-and-macau-online-poker\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars Withdraws from China, Taiwan and Macau Online Poker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Stars Group\u2019s worldwide card room, PokerStars, has decided to withdraw from the online poker market in several potentially big jurisdictions, including China, Taiwan and Macau.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PokerStars Withdraws from Asian Markets, Here Is Why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

PokerStars<\/strong> has quit three pivotal markets, focusing its efforts elsewhere. The company is officially withdrawing from China<\/strong>, Taiwan<\/strong>, and Macau<\/strong> and players from those jurisdictions would no longer be able to access PokerStars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to a recent merger<\/a> between PokerStars\u2019 parent company, The Stars Group, and Flutter Entertainment<\/strong>, the company is feeling confident to expand in existing markets where poker potential is burgeoning and unrestricted by onerous regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PokerStars didn\u2019t make a big show of quitting the above-mentioned markets. Instead, the company sent a brief message which appeared on Two Plus Two<\/strong>, a poker community discussion board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The message simply stated that effective from September 1<\/strong>, PokerStars would no longer be available on the specific territories. Previously, the company quitted Cyprus withdrawing from the online poker market in that jurisdiction as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Players had by the end of May to withdraw their funds. The move was most likely initiated by Flutter Entertainment which had chosen not to operate in the aforementioned jurisdictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let's talk about PokerStars' withdrawal from China.

This story has clearly resonated – we've tracked some ~30 articles online covering this. Unfortunately most sites don't add much but the original customer email.

Hopefully I can add some detail and context (big thread time!)
pic.twitter.com\/LfK2OA0xDi<\/a><\/p>— Nick Jones (@pokerprojones) September 3, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>