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Message: [QUOTE="x2486, post: 1570916, member: 72408"] From another article on pokernewsdaily: [I]Our insider noted, “It gives you a way of [B]advertising in the U.S.[/B] You can say that it’s not a gambling site and you hope that a decent percentage of those who sign up will decide to deposit real money.” However, the conversion rate is typically between 5% and 10%.[/I] This seems to suggest two possible reasons for the change: 1) The selling of chips was threatening their ability to advertise in the US But since US players can't play real money anyway, I don't see why that would matter. 2) The cost of managing a play money system was too high relative to the number of new paying customers it generated. 5%-10% seems like a pretty good conversion rate to me. I think a lot of companies would kill for a way to generate new business at that rate. It still doesn't make much sense to me.:confused: [/QUOTE]