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04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2626

Coko

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 542

Quote:

Originally Posted by viking1

I try to update my FTP software and I only get error message : Could not download update

I live in Norway , Europe , I am not a US citizen so whats the problem? I need to cash out!

fulltiltpoker.co.uk site is up and running.
pokerstars.eu is fine

Living in UK - also unable to update FTP software with similar error. Pokerstars loads fine.

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2627

coolnout

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 12,430

Quote:

Originally Posted by sobizzle21

so over/under how many days/weeks until we get some good information about what is going on and what the future of online poker is going to be here in the states?

well there was a 48 hour timetable that stars + ftp would cease operating even where they are legal. so that's the first thing we'll watch.

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2628

hiitsme

stranger

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8

Hustler Casino launches free online gaming site after FBI Internet poker crackdown

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2629

dudemanphat

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by RedFury0o7

Just saw this on FTP.com:

Online poker is a game of skill enjoyed by tens of millions of people in the United States and across the world. And, Full Tilt Poker remains as committed as ever to preserving the rights of those players to play the game they love online.

Mr. Bitar and Full Tilt Poker believe online poker is legal - a position also taken by some of the best legal minds in the United States. Full Tilt Poker is, and has always been committed to preserving the integrity of the game and abiding by the law.

"I am surprised and disappointed by the government's decision to bring these charges. I look forward to Mr. Burtnick's and my exoneration", said Mr. Bitar.

Unfortunately, as a result of this action, Full Tilt Poker has decided that it must suspend "real money" play in the United States until this case is resolved. However, Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide peer-to-peer online poker services outside of the United States.

For more information, please call +442032877138

As far as i can make out from the us gouvernment site this is not about playing online poker. It is about the shady way full tilt poker, poker stars and Cereus went about processing payment and deposits in the USA market. Apparently they have created multiple fake businesses and payed off banks to accept money to and from these fake businesses.

Its is vey unfortunate that the sites were forced to do this to overcome the laws but now that they have been caught they may be ****ed. Making it easy for the US gouvernment to create there own local sites and keep all the money for them selves.

Sorry for the spelling

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2630

TheDarkElf

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 2,667

Quote:

Originally Posted by sobizzle21

so over/under how many days/weeks until we get some good information about what is going on and what the future of online poker is going to be here in the states?

More info revealed in a week or two.

Online poker over in the US for a couple of years.

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2631

xinnix

stranger

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1

This could have prevented with “MAFIAA Fire” Plugin for FireFox/Chrome, You can read more about it at http://torrentfreak.com/firefox-add-...izures-110414/ Its not a definitive solution but a step forward

04-16-2011 , 05:05 AM

#2632

findme

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 233

what other sites can we play on?

04-16-2011 , 05:06 AM

#2633

TMLMS13

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,373

Quote:

Originally Posted by the muslim

AM VERY ****IN DISGUSTED IN FTP FOR STILL NOT RELEASING A STATEMENT THIS IS A LOT MONIES ON THE ****IN LINE!!!!!! AND MY FTP POINTS ARE ALL ON THE ****IN SITE I CANT BUY **** OR CONNECT TO THE ****IN SERVER THEYRE NOT ANSERING MY ****IN EMAILS ****IN CHEAP ******* HOWARD ****IN LEDERED@@@@@@@@@@@

How many emails do you think they have gotten in the last 24 hours?

04-16-2011 , 05:06 AM

#2634

brink88

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 16

Quote:

Originally Posted by knoepke84

-Fish rejoicing in fact that they will no longer lose money online
-Winning players drinking heavily
-Random guy claims Full Tilt UK is a virus
-Several more players complaining that Cashouts frozen

haha, yeh the random guy was me, it wasnt my fault, blame norton internet security for freaking me out!!

04-16-2011 , 05:07 AM

#2635

findme

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 233

Quote:

Originally Posted by hiitsme

Hustler Casino launches free online gaming site after FBI Internet poker crackdown

lol.. priceless..

04-16-2011 , 05:07 AM

#2636

Penny4Aces60

enthusiast

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 52

I guess all those deposits to FT towards the end of last year, that never cleared the banks due to the processor problems, are just lost in space now.

04-16-2011 , 05:08 AM

#2637

TMLMS13

old hand

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,373

Quote:

Originally Posted by the muslim

+1

OBAMA THE TYRANT THINK HE CAN PUT HIS HANDS ON WHATEVER HE WANNA! THE US IS SUX SOOO MUCH ITWS MAJOR TIME LOLS...WHAT A JOKE KUNTRY AND POLICIES. AFEKTIN EVERY1 ELSE CUZ THEY HAVE **** LAWS AND ARE SO FCUKIN STUPID IN THEIR GOVERMINT

I would make a legit response to you but your grammar and use of caps lock are so awful that I am not going to

Last edited by TMLMS13; 04-16-2011 at 05:13 AM.

04-16-2011 , 05:08 AM

#2638

sobizzle21

grinder

Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 493

Quote:

Originally Posted by HocusPokus

Hey guys,

Reddit.com is the 75th biggest website on the internet and it's a very tight knit community like this one is (forum based). The below link is on the front page, and I strongly advise everyone to sign up (it takes two seconds with no e-mail approval) and UPVOTE the story (click the up arrow next to it). Upvoting will bring it even higher on the front page and will further encourage that community to get behind our cause by sending letters to PPA and supporting us in general. DO IT! The website has over one billion page views and can greatly increase our army (also, some of the comments in there link to this 2+2 thread) - http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/co...nd_pokerstars/

+1 on this, just became the #1 trend on the list

04-16-2011 , 05:08 AM

#2639

SilentNoise

banned

Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,992

so has online poker in the US been illegal? i thought US guys paid taxes on poker winnings?

i think the games are gonna get wayyyyyy tougher if all the americans are locked out

they can still play on sites like merge though right?

04-16-2011 , 05:09 AM

#2640

hiitsme

stranger

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8

sounds like a good old shake down....

04-16-2011 , 05:09 AM

#2641

wantCLEANmoney

centurion

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 134

Quote:

Originally Posted by the muslim

yes all obama's fault.. you seem really intelligent tho.

04-16-2011 , 05:11 AM

#2642

OutOut

journeyman

Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 379

Quote:

Originally Posted by HocusPokus

fyp. only one word, but it's an important one.
we're all too hypnotized by our iPhones and plasma TVs to look at the ground below our feet being pulled out from under us. the people of this country need to start raising hell.

for example, my father was a 9/11 first responder. as a result of the 100 days (13 hour shifts) he worked down there, picking up the melted body parts of his friends might i add, he has a lot of lung problems and couldn't continue to work. it took him a DECADE... a ****ing DECADE to be approved for disability. his department and government looked him in the eye for ten years, every 2 to 3 weeks, and told him "oh, you just have allergies, sorry, you don't qualify for disability". this government doesn't give a **** about any of us. this country won't stand behind anyone, even if you stand behind it in the most extreme and noble way possible. after thousands of dollars in legal fees, thousands of dollars in missed pension and overtime, a law was finally passed a few months ago that granted him a disability check. it's sickening. ****ing ten years later. /rant

Yep, sickening is definitely the word. Government is just another arm of corporation now anyway, banking just one big ponzi scheme. You need a revolution over there, quick time. Weird thing is that to keep slaves happy you should always ensure they have the minimum required to live (ie. food, water, shelter etc). Seems like the government is just brazenly ****ing people now, and not too bothered about the repercussions.

Anyway, sorry for off-topic rant, but this **** really bothers me.

04-16-2011 , 05:11 AM

#2643

junky monkey

grinder

Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 562

FBI charges 11 internet poker kingpins

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/tec...416-1difk.html

04-16-2011 , 05:11 AM

#2644

shipower69

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 40

Good time last night that i made my Fulltilt cashout...at this moment i cant connect to fulltilt.

04-16-2011 , 05:12 AM

#2645

CharlesBronson

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 353

Quote:

Originally Posted by breadandbutter

For what? For not obeying U.S. law in another country? LOL, they must be out their minds. U.S. world police isn't actually a reality.

Military bases in Korea, Japan, Germany since World War II. Bases in Afganistan, Iraq for almost 10 years and going strong. Recently bombed Libya.

Trying to burn Star/Tilt to the ground with recent DOJ indictment of multiple charges on Isai/Bitar (both foreign citizens). Each charge carries heavy fine and prison time. Demanding foreign governments hand over these two foreign citizens to be tried and punished/imprisoned in the USA.

Helloooo, if this is not policing the world I don't know what is.

04-16-2011 , 05:12 AM

#2646

hiitsme

stranger

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 8

“It’s just one of those phenomenal coincidences that happen very rarely in a marketer’s career where something so monumental occurs in the online gaming community as what happened today,” said Al Underwood, marketing director for Hustler Casino in Gardena

hhhmmmmmm I smell fish.....

04-16-2011 , 05:12 AM

#2647

clutchbeastmaster

banned

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 612

and this is why you don't drop out of college to play poker for a living.

04-16-2011 , 05:12 AM

#2648

Hamsterdam

journeyman

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 205

who leads the DOJ? the attorney general? eric holder?

04-16-2011 , 05:12 AM

#2649

breadandbutter

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,407

Pokerstars still has 100K players on it right now which I think is about normal for this time (it's about 11 AM in Western Europe right now). No U.S. players anymore playing anywhere. Wondering how much players will be around on prime time when usually there were about 200K-300K players playing.