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Originally Posted by Mark275
Listen as much as i love stars, lets not just go ahead and say what they are doing is great. They are making millions of dollars off this ftp purchase, not like its out of their goodness of their heart.
ill appreciate scheinberg the day he does soemthing drastically to make stars come back to the USA
The DOJ settlement included specific language that both sites could return to the US market [if laws clearly allow it]. The requirement for Scheinberg to step down from PokerStars was likely a big concession to insert that language into the settlement. I don't know if you've ever built or created anything you're proud of (does building a false persona to get stakes count?) but it's hard to step away from it.
The DOJ also had some big settlements with financial institutions after the 2008 problems.
Goldman Sachs had to pay $550 million in fines and their settlement didn't include any language concerning there owners or managers. Heck, they even put Paulson in charge of the Treasury.
Here's a company that had pretty much been at the center of the financial crisis which resulted in trillions of dollars of loses and global economic problems. PokerStar's punishment seems much harsher in comparison.
Last edited by MicroRoller; 09-24-2012 at 11:28 AM.
Reason: added clarification