 The once very strong Ongame poker network is no more. Earlier in September Russian poker website Pokeroff.ru reported that the Ongame Network had informed its remaining customers that it would be shutting down on October 15th.
The once popular poker network is reportedly averaging only around 100 customers. Ongame was once a titan in the online poker world, but it has never really recovered from its withdrawal from the American market following the 2006 passage of the Act (UIGEA).
In 2011, Ongame’s owner, sports betting operator Bwin, embarked on its merger with PartyGaming. Since that deal came with the more healthy PartyPoker brand, Ongame was deemed a ‘surplus asset’ and the hunt was on for someone to take this lemon off Bwin’s hands.
In November 2014, five months after acquiring brands PokerStars and Full Tilt, Amaya offloaded the once again surplus Ongame to online gambling tech outfit NYX Gaming Group. Ongame proceeded to weigh down NYX’s quarterly earnings with seven-figure losses, until NYX announced this April that it was planning on selling Ongame’s European operations to an unidentified party, who apparently has endured enough buyer’s remorse to quit. NYX retained the exclusive rights to use the Ongame brand and software in North America
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The once very strong Ongame poker network is no more. Earlier in September Russian poker website Pokeroff.ru reported that the Ongame Network had informed its remaining customers that it would be shutting down on October 15th. 
