Shuffle Master announced on Wednesday that it was backing out of its planned purchase of the Ongame Poker Network due to European market conditions. However, a few experts PocketFives talked to were a little skeptical of whether that was the real reason:

http://www.pocketfives.com/articles/...conomy-587490/

The original press release from Shuffle Master announcing the end of the deal is here:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/shu...ion-2012-06-27