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[QUOTE="DS3, post: 6287738, member: 407846"]
Yup. I can only imagine how frustrating this must be.  
 
I have personally (like most) lost access to some sites, with hazy excuses at best, and note PartyPoker has just pulled out of the Russian and Moldovan markets.
 
I agree, I am not sure how in the longer term this could creates a loss for the party instigating the ring fencing, however. The pool the players can enter will shrunk drastically, along with it the potential to win larger amounts. But I presume the province feels they have locked down the market and therefore the funds won and lost will remain in Ontario which will drive the economy to some degree as opposed to funds disappearing overseas.
 
Obviously there is direct income in terms of licensing and taxes on the corporate earnings from the poker providers.
 
That said, I remain confused how sports betting has managed to spread its wings so wide and yet poker remains an issue. In the US market for example, I believe you can sports bet in some 30 states and play online poker in only six. Of course, I understand the 2018 ruling which allowed the sports betting expansion from a legal perspective but I am unclear as to why states which sanction such betting do not legitimize online poker also.
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