Cake and Merge block Utah residents
Move follows new anti-gambling legislation from Stephen Sandstrom.
US-facing poker networks Cake and Merge have moved to block new sign-ups from residents of the state of Utah.
The decision follows Representative Stephen Sandstrom’s anti-gambling bill in the Beehive State, which was signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert late last month.
According to Pokerfuse, however, players from the state who are already registered with sites on either network will be allowed to continue to play.
Last year saw Merge block new sign-ups from five other American states: Maryland, New York, Louisiana, Washington and Missouri.
Operators on the Merge network include Lock Poker, Carbon Poker and Black Chip Poker, while the Cake Network includes offerings from the likes of Betaland, which was sold by parent company GVC Holdings earlier this month.