CITADEL PULLS THE PLUG ON U.S. PLAYERS

Canadian processor leaves US market

One of the most widely known payment processors in online gambling, the Canadian-based Citadel Commerce has backed hurriedly out of the US market in what seems to be a domino-effect reaction to the Neteller departure this week.

Parent group ESI Entertainment Systems Inc, has announced that the e-wallet will no longer offer financial processing to online gamblers in the United States.

ESI's statement comments that "....this decision was made by the ESI Board of Directors in the light of recent US Department of Justice enforcement actions against financial processors executives in a clear reference to the recent arrest of ex-Neteller directors and Canadian entrepreneurs Stephen Lawrence and John Lefebvre.

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