Reports in the Canadian Press, have indicated that ESI Entertainment Systems Inc's Citadel Commerce subsidiary, which does payment processing for the online gaming industry, is moving its primary data center from Vancouver to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta.
The move is in response to a change in US law that has forced Citadel to pull out of the online US gaming industry.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, passed last autumn by the US government, contains a provision that prohibits Internet gamblers in the US from using credit cards, cheques or electronic fund transfers to settle their wagers.