Bwin will no longer accept new accounts from 18 countries

We received an email from Bwin Affiliates that say :

Dear affiliate partner!

Please note that due to commercial reasons, as of 30.04.2013, we will no longer be accepting new traffic for any of our brands from the following countries:

Argentina, Armenia, Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia and the Ukraine.

Please remove all relevant bwin.party marketing materials from your website by 30.04.2013.

Commission on existing traffic in these markets will continue to be paid according to our Standard Terms and Conditions.

We thank you for your co-operation and would like to apologise for any inconvenience that these changes may cause.

The reaction of most bettors was something like this : “Anyway it wasn’t worth to play there”. The conclusion is that most of us was not affected by their decision.