Merge Gaming Receives Letter of Intent from Malta to License Online Poker Rooms
Merge Gaming’s couple dozen strong online poker skins will soon have the opportunity to obtain a license from the i-Gaming friendly jurisdiction of Malta in the near future.
The Mediterranean island nation sits just south of Italy and acted as a crucial haven in recent months for those escaping the civil war in Libya.
Anthony Taylor, CEO of Merge, said in a statement: “With more sites on the network making Europe their primary focus we believe the Malta license will help drive further network growth.”
Another US-facing brand, Cake Poker, is licensed out of Malta.
Beginning June 1, Merge stopped accepting new US customers for what was deemed a “temporary time period” in order to catch up with a backlog of check processing. Merge experienced triple digit growth in the US market following the exits of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. A handful of skins announced independently they would no longer accept US customers indefinitely. Merge has yet to announce a date in which they will begin processing for Americans.
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