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As many nations open their doors and broaden their policies when it comes to online casinos and Internet gambling activities of all kinds, some nations are taking steps in the opposite direction. Certain countries such as China, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia have brought about an enormous and elaborate crackdown when it comes to online casino gambling activity of any kind. This has led one of the top online gambling poker sites, PokerStars, install a new restriction that seeks to limit the number of players from China that can compete at any single ring game table. Although this may seem rather harsh or confusing, this was a step that the staff who work hard behind the scenes at this incredibly popular poker site felt that there was no other way to accomplish their goal.

It seems that staff from PokerStars, licensed through the Isle of Man, have had to take this step because they are worried about becoming a victim of collusion among China-based online poker players. Back in the later days of August, at this site brought about a similar rule for their sit and go tournaments after discovering a similar conspiracy involving players based in the country of China. That’s time around, it was in regard to their widely popular double or nothing games.

All in all, hopefully this will result in safer and more secure playing for all customers from all locations. That time around back in late summer, poker stars was forced to pay $2.1 million in compensation to the players who were victims and they are very wary of suffering this same sort of situation over again. With this in mind, they have installed a new security feature that will prevent players from certain countries from playing at the same ring table at the same time. Hopefully this will curb all of the negative behavior so that everyone can just enjoy the game and have fun. That is what the market of online casinos is supposed to be about.

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