Dominique wrote:
They have been planning this for some time it seems.
I am kind of upset with them for choosing to blame this situation. What happened is that they have always excluded the US, for years and years, and finally decided to try it out. It wasn’t satisfactory, and apparently there are problems with payment processors and now they are going back to normal.
Blaming the legal situation for a failed experiment is rather irresponsible. 
Your dead on, Dom. They were just releasing the casinos/Poker for American players around the time of Last years CAC and were recruiting for American players at the CAC.
It is a lame excuse and if anyone else got recruited by Zipang (playtech) they are doing and saying the same thing.