I got the same message!!!!!!!! The end is hear folks.

The question is how much of their collective bankroll has been seized.

can't play in iowa, our government is just ******ed. legalize it, we're all going to play somehow, legalize and tax....... a decent percentage of us pay taxes on our winnings, i know i do... but obviously not all, etc.... plus our government wants a cut of stars/tilts profits.... which they would have had, had the legalized it like 10 years ago. then all the sites wouldn't have moved out of country.

anybody got any news from somewhere about whats going on?

Ugh

Yep... BOOM on the stars client, can't play at ANY table 'due to government regulation'. Looks like that's it fellers. No rings, mtts or sngs... all gone.

Sso online is off limits for some time. It's not the end, just an excuse to spend more time at the brick and mortar until this clears.

I made a withdrawal via bank transfer on FT earlier this morning and it was insta approved as well... just hoping I get it.. i got a few thousand left on there as well I hope I can get..

Me too.

got that message like 20 minutes ago.

Here in California LA

lol at where steve and doug are. Steve and Doug are running down a beach somewhere in Costa Rica with a bag full of money.

so, probably a good idea to attempt to cash out at this point?

http://www.businessinsider.com/boy-g...scandal-2011-4

Stars is blocked in PA. What about tilt?

no go in NY for stars, this is no surprise due to eChecks and all other NY issues with the sites, but scary that NV cant play either, big bad things.

imho and 2 cents like everyone else it scares me that our gov't is focused so much on this, and cant get the budget down, take care of shtuff it should be, distracted with any possible war, economy tanking, etc. our own country's govt priorities are fubar i guess, that taking down online poker is their success

Ok so I log on to my account around 2pm eastern time April 15th and play for about an hour, then I log off. I log back on around 3:30pm and try and sit in a game and stars says "due to government regulations, players in your area cannot play real money ring games". WTF? does anyone know anything about this, is the dream over?

yeah man wtf it just happened to me wtf is this.

There seems to be little difference in the number of players in rush FR.

5nl = 1000+
10nl = 700+
25 nl = 600+
50 nl = 400+
100 nl = almost 400
200 nl = almost 200
400 nl = almost 200

Could be slightly less than normal but not a major difference.

Of course this is during the day in the US so there might be a bigger difference later today.

Wait for DNS to update.

wtf

good game

believe it or not I love America, Im from Canada and there are no 2 people more alike than the 2 of us I promise you this. Im from southern Ontario and its exactly the same as the northern United states. I have personally met some of the nicest people a man could ever meet and they were american.

America is in big big trouble though, and it directly affects my country as well so im not gloating really, rather im making the point that maybe its time all of us end this insanity of pretending we are making tons of $$ playing poker.

1 in 1000 players makes it in the poker world long term, get jobs, play live when you are adequately bankrolled.

one more thing, I do think they are shady companies and I do not 100% trust the software, I do not have proof its shady 100% I DO NOT, heres the thing NOT 1 person can prove its on the level BECAUSE NOONE REGULATES IT!!!

we all put our faith and $$ into an unregulated industry that is ridden with cheating, bots and in my personal opinion SITE PLAYERS.

Youtube Imdanuts, watch his miracle run through the tourney then chek his stats the guy is cleaning house$$$ wise online. then youtube non random number generator#6

call it variance or call it a scam, I go with the latter. I know the degenos will defend to the end, all the way to bankruptcy and living under a bridge.

earning money the legitimate way through hard work is the best and most rewarding way. None of you will get anything in life by taking the easy way or the LAZY way, thats what gambling is for LAZY PEOPLE.

No doubt Canada is next.
Today's guarantees are looking pretty +ev atm.

Will everyone that played on these sites be arrested?

http://www.businessinsider.com/boy-g...scandal-2011-4