A sad farewell to Lasseters Casino
October 3rd, 2008Lasseters Casino, the first Australian government licensed casino, has announced it is to close its doors permanently as of the 3rd October 2008. The board of directors blame the closure of Lasseters Casino on the loss of the US market. Lasseters Casino has been a respected part of the online casino world for the past 9 years, and was highly thought of amongst the player community. However, this morning players received the following notice:
The purpose of this notice is to advise you that the Board of Directors of Lasseters Corporation Limited has today decided that Lasseters Online Casino will cease operation effective immediately.
Following the announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange on 9 September 2008, the Directors have taken the subsequent decision to cease the operations of Lasseters Online Casino due to our inability to compete and retain our market share since the closure of the US market in October 2006.
It is therefore with sincere regret we wish to inform you, effective 2:45pm on Friday 3rd October 2008; (ACST) you will no longer be able to play at the Lasseters Online Casino website.
Lasseters sister casino, Aus Vegas announced its decision to stop trading a few weeks ago. Lasseters assure players that their funds are indeed safe, and any player with funds still in the casino, will be able to withdraw them.