Sportsooks, Casinos and Poker Rooms in England are running from the US players since Friday night’s passage of the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act. The latest casualty is Bet365. Our phone lines have been ringing with questions about funds being returned. Players will have to contact Bet365 fo their refunds. Bet365 will not just be sending everyone their money back……Please be proactive and contact Bet365 today if you have an account with them.

However, Bowmans , the longest standing offshore sportsbook, has taken a different approach.

Bowmans wishes to reassure its clients!!

From their website: “Bowmans operates off shore outside the US and holds licenses to conduct online betting and gaming issued in the Isle of Man and Mauritius respectively. The proposed new law concerns payment processing from unlawful internet gaming. Bowmans does not regard itself as operating unlawfully in the US or anywhere else. Bowmans has its own payment processing service,which will continue to serve clients with the excellent service as before. We will continue to review the issues arising generally from the new law and will advise you as and when necessary.

Bowmans has taken legal advice from emminent US lawyers and is acting on this advice and there are no plans to close our payment process service nor do we plan to close our gaming web site”.

We are glad to see this development from such a storied outfit!