Merge Gaming Will End Rackback For New Sign-Ups After June 1st

PAS received confirmation on Wednesday that the Merge Gaming Network, currently the largest US-facing site, will be ending rakeback for all NEW sign-ups starting on June 1st. Existing players who register before June 1st will be grandfathered into the rakeback deal they have.
Merge Gaming has had an eventful 12 months. The network first saw their traffic triple when in April of 2010 Players Only and Sportsbook joined the network, andAWHPoker came along in April 2011. The network has seen steady growth ever since. After the events of Black Friday, Merge Gaming suddenly became the most popular site to accept play from the United States. Since April 15th, the network has seen its traffic dramatically increase over 70%. On Wednesday, the network broke another record when 3,170 real money players were recorded playing.

Once Merge Gaming stops accepting new rakeback sign-ups, new players will be a part of the standard VIP program at Merge Gaming sites. At AWHPoker you can get daily 30% cash rebates paid directly to your poker account for every 2000 VIP point earned. VIP Point exchanges, which rakeback players also currently get, could presumably add additional return. It is expected that VIP program details will be tweaked over the next month for all sites to account for the new rakeback policy.
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