The second-largest US-friendly poker network in the world, the Merge Gaming Network, will allow American players to resume signing up for their network starting today. This has been confirmed by numerous Merge skins.
Merge Network experienced a huge surge of new members after Black Friday. The majority of these players were American players looking for a place to call their poker home. It temporarily stopped accepting new American sign-ups over four months ago to better prepare the network for the new traffic it experienced. Since then, the traffic on the Merge network has gone back down to where it was before Black Friday.
Unfortunately, not all poker players in America will be able to sign up for the booming poker network. New players from Washington D.C., Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, New York, and Washington will not be allowed to create accounts as these states have very strict laws against gambling.
Merge has been very mum about the allowing American players to create new accounts again. It has been rumored that this is due to it trying to avoid any US law enforcement agency. Keep your internet browser open to FlopTurnRiver for any updates on this story and others!