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Old 03-04-2007, 04:11 PM  
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Originally Posted by sherie View Post
So one or two sponsors have decided to stop using epass and the sky is falling....? Or have I missed a major announcement where a boatload of sponsors have stopped using it?

The sponsors can't wire money into their epass accounts, because their banks wont do it. The reason is because epass is doing transactions for online gambling for US citizens. So the US govt is pulling the money plug via the US banks.

So it's likely most affiliate programs that are located in the US and use US banks will stop using epass. Doesn't mean they are going out of business, but they are going to end up losing a big share of the adult market because they choose to do processing for online gambling. That also paints them as a nice big target for the US DOJ.

Just because they are out side the US doesn't mean the US can't effect them. So like it or not epass is walking a slippery slope.
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