Devilfish Poker Emailing Customers of Now Defunct Purple Lounge: Sale Possible?

CardPlayer.com was reporting that customers of now shuttered Purple Lounge have been in receipt of emails from rival Devilfish Poker.

The two emails sent out feature no content other than the header “Devilfish Poker Welcomes Purple Lounge Player”.

This would suggest that Devilfish Poker has somehow obtained the Purple Lounge customer email list.

The Purple Lounge Poker Room and Casino abruptly shut down the last week of April.

Customers were not provided with any prior warning as to the shutdown.  Players had experienced slow payouts in recent months despite Purple Lounge’s operation within a mostly Web poker-friendly environment.  Purple Lounge had not accepted business from US players. 

Purple Lounge’s parent company, Media Corp, claimed it was owed over £900k from the online poker site. 

Media Corp came under scrutiny late last year when one of its non-executive directors, Chris Gorman, ended up arrested just outside of Disney World along with his wife.

Mary Gorman, 43, was charged with performing oral sex on an unknown black man during a hip hop event at the Roxy Club in Orlando, outside of Disney World, while her husband watched.  Chris, 44, was also taken into custody and charged with resisting arrest.  Those charges were later dropped.   The couple was on a family vacation at the time.  Their two small children were reportedly left back at their hotel room under adult supervision. 

Mrs. Gorman was also charged with drug possession and assault on a police officer. 

- Ace King, Gambling911.com