It was so short lived that some online gamblers may have not even gotten wind of Casino Nordica. A newly launched site this year, Casino Nordica management has closed their doors to new players as of yesterday, July 2, 2007. An unexpected announcement to say the least, Casino Nordica is owned by the Danish gaming company, Casinocontanter.com, who in addition to possessing their own credible standing, is owned by reputed parent company, SquareIT, who manages the Jackpot Factory group of online casinos.

According to Affiliate Manager Chris Morton, management made the decision so that they put could put more focus in their core brands, Casino.dk and Poker Nordica. There is no word just yet what management will decide to do with Poker Nordica in regards to its integration with Casino Nordica. There is some speculation that online casino games will still be available for players, but will only be so through the Poker Nordica landing page. However, that rumor was soon dispelled when Web surfers attempted to access the Casino Nordica homepage, and were redirected to the Poker Nordica homepage where casino games were not on the menu.

Again, starting Monday July 2, Casino Nordica will no longer sign up new players. Existing players, however, will have a six month window to continue gambling in the online casino, after which time they will be refunded any outstanding credits and all accounts will be closed.

Morton wrote a letter to partner sites and affiliates earlier in the week urging them to take down all links pointing to Casino Nordica. Although it is never a shock when an online casino has to close its doors in this day and age, the fact that Casino Nordica was launched so recently, took many people by surprise.

Casinocontanter.com has not alluded to any cash shortages or business troubles, but said an honest reassessment of the company's goals requires they put more focus in their established Danish casino and Poker Nordica.