I was checking my bank account and I did not see the FTP remission yet.

I just checked my bank account and your FTP remission isn't there either. Maybe it got sent to ScreaminAsian by mistake.

I got nothing. Maybe SA's got mine too.

Yeah the government actually does give u money to live in the US when u lose a job. Unfortunatley they didnt recognize poker as a profession so they did nothing to help me when i filed for unemployment, but they definitely did take my $ when I filed for taxes like a good citizen so **** them they have done absolutely nothing for me

Actually, employers pay unemployment insurance, so if you didn't have an employer, you're not going to get unemployment.

People aren't used to having to pay into the system to get money out of it.
Thanks Obama.

/end thread

Being self-employed, you should have had a plan in case you were unable to play poker again. Do a little research on how unemployment is handled because what you think you know, ain't so.

LOL at filing for unemployment after being a professional poker player. Have a bad downswing? No prob, just fire yourself and claim unemployment! Then play poker as a recreational player until your luck turns around and Boom! You're re-hired!

Rinse. Repeat. EZ game.

Yeah my back up plan was being a ****ing boss like i am and remaining afloat like i did. I feel sorry for other pros that had people depending on them. I'll never stoop down to being a full fledged foot licker and feel completely fine about it like some people itt.

Wait a few more posts for the Hitler reference.

LOL man this thread continues to deliver. I love you guys... IDK what I'd do w/o you.

Once we all have our money, I guess we'll find out...

if doj sends me all your remissions (as per the memo instructions i sent them), i'm not giving it back.

I saw this thread spouting off today and I thought, erm, maybe...and if, maybe...oh, but, well, nevermind.

ppapoker: BREAKING: DOJ says it completed it's audit of GCG group player petitions. Approved release of 82m in funds to approx 30k players

ps. F Jackie

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Garden City Group group

Yes good news. I spoke with AFMLS/DoJ staff today and they informed me that they have approved approximately 30,000 undisputed player claims totaling approx $82 million dollars in remissions. Garden City should be making a formal announcement on its website, fulltiltpokerclaims.com, within the next 24 hours. Players with undisputed claims should be looking for an email from Garden City Group within the next few weeks with instructions on how to receive their payment. The DoJ could not provide me with a definitive date on when these emails will go out and when payments will be processed. But it looks like it will be in advance of their March 31 deadline.

Further, they indicated that some of the 30,000 undisputed claims were filed incorrectly or incompletely, therefore those individuals will receive an email outlining the issues with their claim. I do not believe this is a significant number, but significant enough for the DoJ to raise it.

The question of affiliates and pros is still unresolved. The DoJ and Garden City are working on this very diligently and I trust they will be sharing news with this affected class of players soon. As they have indicated, there will be a new filing window for those players.

Finally, there is still not a timeline for disputed claims that were filed by the deadline. They are still working on those and hope more info will be available once the undisputed funds are released. FTP players who for some reason have still not filed a claim can still do it and those claims will be considered.

Overall, I was very impressed that the DoJ worked through these issues and shared the info with the PPA. It has been a long time coming, but I think phase I and 82 million of players money will be returned very soon.

John A. Pappas
Poker Players Alliance
Executive Director

This pleases me.

Why would it take a few weeks? What left is there for the doj or gcg to even do? Wasn't that the last step before the doj signing the check, sending it to gcg, and gcg being able to send money to us?

sounds like by the time he the ppa can fetch the answer to these questions we'll already be getting our $

Stars could have done in a single day what our government took 1.5 years to do lol. Better late than never though.

The whinning never ceases.

The DoJ audited and approved the claims collected by GCG. The onus is now on GCG to remit the funds to players. I don't know their payment process and it very well could be days, not weeks.

John A. Pappas
PPA