PayPal continue their U.S. Online gambling pilot scheme with the launch of services via WSOP.com in New Jersey, and Skrill has been removed as a withdrawal option on the Merge Network.

Two months after the umbilical cord was severed between PayPal and eBay, the online payment giant has tiptoed back into the choppy waters of U.S. online gambling.

A fortnight ago our very own Peter Amsel picked up that PayPal had quietly agreed a deal with WSOP.com to offer their services via their Nevada-based online entities, and their New Jersey based operations have also been added to the deal.

PayPal is still yet to make an official announcement, but they did offer the following statement to CNBC yesterday: