I dont understand all this talk about pokerstars re entering the U.S. market. We got everybody from gaming fighting over the U.S. market as it is, the state lotteries, the tribes, the vegas casinos, doesnt make any sense after all the hearings that we will just allow all that money to go offshore again. The UIGEA is still in place, they cant just pay this fine and start breaking the same law again. Maybe people mean some day down the road if things are ever legal again here that they will be able to re enter? That I doubt as well, with all this fighting for the biggest piece I cant see us just saying forget it and giving it to pokerstars.

What about Diamond Flush? She was adamant that the deal with gbt was going through and we all had to be patient. It goes to show you that you cannot believe anyone, especially those who supposedly have all of these connections and inside information. I'M not picking on DF, just proving a point.

So true.

So does this mean that Howard Lederer and Chris Ferguson can live happily ever after with their $50 + million each?

blah blah blah

sounds very familiar

Lederer and Ferguson at this year's WSOP as sponsored PokerStars pros.

Nice.

I remember reading an article on pokerfuse that the deal with GBT was done like 4 months ago ...
Srsly all these sites do know ****, just wait for pokerstars or something to confirm it and not some random chilipokerceo.

who is op anyway?...he/she joined April 2012 and this is the first post they made and everyone runs with it.

So in other words, we won't allow American pros to bring in any foreign capital either...because protectionism is just a big economic circle jerk. Believe me, some of those rich guys have to know that. There's a huge market outside the USA that can be tapped by them, but only if they allow our market to be tapped by outsiders too. Free trade debates ended last century for most economists. If Krugman and Austrians agree on something, it's pretty much settled economics...unless you're still into the Labor Theory of Value (lol). Protectionism (usually called balancxed trade, reciprocal trade, or fair trade these days) is a political debate, not so much an economic one.

And lol@federal lottery monopolies. An international lottery is as inevitable as a interState lottery was a few years ago when they had a huge debate over each State's lotteries competing with the Mega Millions.

Hopefully Raef Furst wins the main event after all you guys have put him through.

obv didn't want to post on their main account

After all we put him through? **** anyone associated with Team FTP and took revenue sharing when there wasn't any. FU too!

I don't thinks she said that.

When they reduced Campos charges to a misdemeanor they also made him sign an agreement never to work in the U.S. banking industry, and the judge still thought they (DOJ) was letting him off too easily, I'd have to think Scheinberg would have to at least pledge to stay out of the U.S. gaming industry.

Even were Scheinberg to step down like Deeb suggested, whether Stars gets a license would be up to the state gambling commission to which they apply (or federal commission if one is ever created), and having operated unlawfully for 5 years won't look good on their application.

HAHA...just kidding.

FYP...

Can't wait to hear an official press announcement from PS just to make it official. This is great news, I am actually excited.

PS definitely unloaded buying out FTP, wasn't their bid 4x more than Tapies?

So I assume we will have to wait till "next week" for some more news???

don't get your hopes up yet.

I agree...but what I'm asking is: How can they say "you operated unlawfully for 5 years" if in fact charges get dropped in the deal, not plead guilty to (even lesser charges)? Or if in fact those who plead out plead to charges that pertain to them, not the company?

I'm probably just asking a silly question...but this whole thing is fairly confusing to me as a non-lawyer.

Who are you with your 7 posts since June 2011? NoahSD deleted this thread, then re opened it when he recieved suggestions that the story might have news. OP may have started it, but no one is denying it, so let us speculate until it is proven unspeculatable.

Pretty sure she did. I will have to look once im at a pc.

We have absolutely no idea which funds they confiscated. DOJ could have confiscated funds on their way to US players, not ROW for all we know.

Absolutely. You also have to benchmark test on millions of dollars of server hardware. Some people have absolutely no idea what it takes.


Exactly. This is like saying Apple has a monopoly over the tablet and Mp3 player industries. They have a dominant market share. They aren't the same thing people.

Please, PLEASE stop with the monopoly talk.

Maybe I overestimate how well FTP/PS would do in a US/ROW.

Did anybody else notice that Pokerstars is now touting their own version of Rush poker called Zoom poker?

I am intrigued...