http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...luded-1020617/

This is craziness.

I can't play in Georgia. Where can you play in the U.S.? Or is it time to find a new country

our government will do WHATEVER IT HAS TO as long as it keeps America happy, trust me. Its literally an important thing for our gevernment not to upset the US Gov. (see our refusal to go to Iraq) we were blackballed and shunned by the US gov. for years after that, so to make them happy we sent our soldiers to another unwinnable pointless war. When clearly America didnt even need our help.

now there are over 200 flag draped coffins with 20yr olds filling them, and members missing stamped on them.

sorry for rant, 2 pointless wars almost 10,000 dead kids. Makes about as much sense as online poker to me

how are there still 220,000 players online right now at PS? seems like it would be lower with US players blocked.

I just tried to play and it told me "due to govt regulation, playing real money ring games not allowed in my area."

wtf.

you allowed to finish what every you had up i guess casue im still in a tourney...

april fools?

From the Los Angeles Times:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/mone...wn-by-fbi.html

The founders of the three largest online poker sites were indicted by the FBI on Friday in what could serve as a death blow to the thriving industry.

Eleven executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker were charged with bank fraud and money laundering in an indictment unsealed in a Manhattan court. Two of the executives were arrested on Friday morning in Utah and Nevada. Federal agents are searching for the others.

Prosecutors are seeking to immediately shut down the sites and to eventually send the executives to jail and to recover $3 billion from the companies. By Friday afternoon Full Tilt Poker’s site displayed a message explaining that “this domain name has been seized by the F.B.I. pursuant to an Arrest Warrant.”

The online gambling industry has taken off over the last decade, drawing an estimated 15 million Americans to bet online.

In 2006 Congress passed a law prohibiting online gambling. Most of the leading sites found ways to work around the law using foreign banks, but prosecutors allege that in doing so they broke the law.

“These defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits,” Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan, said in a statement.

Poker fans took to Twitter in droves, worried about the money in their online gaming accounts, fretting that online poker's days were at an end.

"Well the good news is I think I only had about $300 left on the online poker sites overall," tweeted Jimi Schindler of Madison, Wis. "Maybe I'll see that money?!!?"

-- Nathaniel Popper

wtf are you talking about? go hang yourself or something

Cashed out from FTP to Neteller. Got it instant...

letsgambool, correct me if im wrong but this is just flat out not true

sure our monies are all tied up together, but they're tied up in bank accounts in costa rica, isle of man and gibraltar. the US arent going to be able to touch US, let alone non US money in poker accounts

Randy_Lew Randy Lew
hmm...might need to consider buying from the value menu again at McDonalds if things don't work so well

game over on PS, confirmed
only had money on site for 11 days after waiting years to finally get on
karma sucks
isn't the US in violation of the WTO ruling in the barbados case and how can that be leveraged in the current situation
discuss

So should we try and cash out?

cash out play live, at least you know its legit.

Does anyone here knowledgeable about things like this have an opinion about whether we have any chance of getting our money at some point? It sounds like they only seized the websites, but that does impact the companies' ability to communicate with customers.

It's pretty sad when our govt is proud of seizing millions, or billions, or dollars of its own citizens' money when we haven't committed any crimes ourselves.

There must be 100k users jumping on this forum right now, the way the server is barely responding.

please ban sears12 jfc.

I'm in NV I can still play. Should I not even try for fear of the feds?

When I click the withdrawal button on FTP i get "We could not establish a secure connection to the server".. Anyone else getting this?

I can't sit at Stars, I'm in Michigan....

No. It was not and is not illegal for someone in the US to play online poker.

bastards couldn't have waiting until the end of the Take 2 promotion?

I got the urge to play again yesterday after withdrawing everything a couple of months ago. Less than 24 hours later, this happens? **** me.

[QUOTE=Xereles;26053949]please ban sears12 jfc.[/QUOI have an opinion, ok that warrants me being banned? cause I think they are all shady companies and always have.

funny now it turns out its 100% true they are shady sneaky law breaking scum.

now to prove there software is illegitimate and fleeced us all.

that will truly be the icing on this cake.

What does this mean for Full Tilt Quick Deposits that were made months ago but haven't gone through yet?