ClubWPT Gold pulled out of New York State after state laws change - California is next

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Effective December 5, 2025, New Yorkers will not be allowed to play at the World Poker Tour's online sweepstakes poker room ClubWPT Gold. In fact, if you try to log into your account on the site, you will be blocked. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that makes it illegal for gambling sites to use the sweepstakes model, which includes ClubWPT Gold. So, if you have chips that need to be redeemed, New York residents can login from an approved jurisdiction like Pennsylvania, Massachusetts or Vermont.

It appears California is next to lose ClubWPT access on January 1, 2026.

Read more here >>> ClubWPT Gold Leaves New York State, Forces Online Poker Players to Cross Border to Get Paid

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Yet more bad news, it seems like we just don't hear about restrictions being loosened nearly as often as the other way around.
 
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Shells said:
Effective December 5, 2025, New Yorkers will not be allowed to play at the World Poker Tour's online sweepstakes poker room ClubWPT Gold. In fact, if you try to log into your account on the site, you will be blocked. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that makes it illegal for gambling sites to use the sweepstakes model, which includes ClubWPT Gold. So, if you have chips that need to be redeemed, New York residents can login from an approved jurisdiction like Pennsylvania, Massachusetts or Vermont.

It appears California is next to lose ClubWPT access on January 1, 2026.

Read more here >>> ClubWPT Gold Leaves New York State, Forces Online Poker Players to Cross Border to Get Paid

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Oh this pisses me off, this is just wrong any way you look at it!!! im in california and did not hear about this.
 
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Is this because they want people to pour their money to state lotteries instead of elsewhere?
 
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AS my NY rep said, poker will never be legal in NY. I am livid she signed the bill.
 
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Sorry for those NY online players . Personally, I think ClubWPTGOLD has been a rip off site since the start .
 
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The way New York is going there will be no businesses left there at all soon.
 
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That's sad i don't know why everyone have problem with poker . Ban gambling but poker is not completely gambling it also requires skill
 
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That's really unfortunate. Land of the free-but not to play poker. Once in a while politicians will develop a fixation on something. And since they can't fix bigger problems, they try to do something that makes them look like they're trying to fix other problems. How is poker even on their radar ? With an affordability crisis, homeless crisis, crumbling infrastructure, restricted access to healthcare and so many bigger issues-yet it's poker they want to legislate on. And most have no knowledge about the economic impact of poker and the number of jobs it creates.
 
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Shells said:
Effective December 5, 2025, New Yorkers will not be allowed to play at the World Poker Tour's online sweepstakes poker room ClubWPT Gold. In fact, if you try to log into your account on the site, you will be blocked. Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill that makes it illegal for gambling sites to use the sweepstakes model, which includes ClubWPT Gold. So, if you have chips that need to be redeemed, New York residents can login from an approved jurisdiction like Pennsylvania, Massachusetts or Vermont.

It appears California is next to lose ClubWPT access on January 1, 2026.

Read more here >>> ClubWPT Gold Leaves New York State, Forces Online Poker Players to Cross Border to Get Paid

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Had no idea of sweepstakes poker until today...I still don't understand why politics seems to constantly butt its nose into the entertainment world with respect to poker, yet has no qualms about the addictiveness of first shooter games online...our children's lives are at stake...fix that first before depriving consenting adults a relatively innocuous pastime.
 
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No more Luckyland here in California soon ? I was hoping to spin my way to some cash .
 
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Is there anyone left in California? I thought Newsome had taxed y'all to death.
 
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