world affairs: January 2009 Archives

When Hugh Hefner is forced to close down his online casino business you know the economic turn down is hitting hard.

It was revealed in the last few days that Playboy Casino and Playboy Poker sites will close for business on the 29th of January.

The announcement, which suprised those in the industry, has not yet been made official but it appears that a client e-mailed the company directly, after rumours started to appear on the internet, and received a reply suggesting that both sites will close for business at the end of the month.

The e-mail read, in part "In response to your e-mail, I can confirm that Playboy Gaming will no longer have a poker site and will not be moving to another network."