Reuters: Full Tilt Poker, Pokerstars and Absolute Poker charged with illegal gambling - Page 197 - Poker News

i think pokerstars and full tilt are innocent, why would they ruin their reputation? they have enough money making honest rake, i mean its not like they would ever take the risk to lets say: mod/rig/tweak the source to induce rake which is what people say for years, no they are good people who are not greedy at all and often get accused of wrong claims but they have never done anything unethical what so ever.....

I suggest you go read what this is all actually about.. either that or this is the sickest "I'm faking like I'm stupid" level I've ever read.

In which case, congratulations.

04-17-2011 , 05:25 AM

#4902

Jacob_Gilliam

banned

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,782

You need to accept that if you have money on PS or FTP it's probably gone.

04-17-2011 , 05:26 AM

#4903

IwillDie4TheCause

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShotCaller

well 60% of players were from the US here, I think its a combo of 2 things, the 1st is of course greed, 2nd I dont think that full tilt or pokerstars in there wildest dream would think the us gov would take there .com domain names and charge them with money laundering, fvck I still cant even believe it

04-17-2011 , 05:31 AM

#4904

Jacob_Gilliam

banned

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,782

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShotCaller

I'm going to lose a ton of money on Pokerstars, but it's about 100% certain that they are guilty of bank fraud and money laundering.

04-17-2011 , 05:33 AM

#4905

shinyshiner

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacob_Gilliam

You need to accept that if you have money on PS or FTP it's probably gone.

Time to rub one out and call it a night?

04-17-2011 , 05:34 AM

#4906

IwillDie4TheCause

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 21

I feel really sorry for the amount of people outta work now because of this

players that play for a living
web site affliates
normal affliates
people that work for poker sites, forums, poker stores, the tv shows, ect

I mean this list can just keep going on and on

how many people are going to be outta work because of this 10,000 maybe, just my guess of the trickle down effect

04-17-2011 , 05:35 AM

#4907

la6ki

veteran

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,675

Can somebody summarize what the charges against the poker sites are? I am trying to read from all sorts of sources, but I can't find a satisfactory answer. So, the sites were trying to mask the deposits US players were making as something that is not gambling. What is this something? Why did it take 5 years for the DoJ to realize this, given how popular FT and PS were all this time? What are these "conspiracy" charges? All sites secretly agreed to follow the same scheme?

If the law from 2006 banning online gambling didn't exist, is there anything else the poker sites are being accused of? That is, did they do anything else which is considered illegal that is not related to online gambling being outlawed?

04-17-2011 , 05:36 AM

#4908

sky4ever

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 259

silver lining: FTP servers won't crash on Sundays from now on

04-17-2011 , 05:36 AM

#4909

DKJ

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by MyDixEnormis

online cash poker has been illegal for some time now in the US, how stupid are some people that they believed the US government was gonna ban them from playing, and then turn a blind eye to it.

How unfair is that to party poker who were the number one site at the time, and then have millions wiped off there shares because they followed the law.

how did people not see this coming?

I advise you to go actually read the UIGEA before you post any more of your bile.

The ONLY place in the US where playing online poker is illegal is Washington State. For the last time, if you don't know what you're talking about, shut your ****ing mouth.

04-17-2011 , 05:37 AM

#4910

Somsoc

journeyman

Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 337

I'm a US player and I played all day today, anyone else still online?

04-17-2011 , 05:37 AM

#4911

DKJ

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by la6ki

You could try reading the stickies. You have 600+ posts and still don't know how a forum works? Come on people.

If anyone who had an interest in legalizing online poker read this thread, they'd probably walk off laughing after seeing the lack of brainpower by 95% of the posts/posters ITT.

/wrists

04-17-2011 , 05:38 AM

#4912

Jacob_Gilliam

banned

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,782

Quote:

Originally Posted by shinyshiner

Time to rub one out and call it a night?

Tried, still depressed, will try again in an hour.

04-17-2011 , 05:44 AM

#4913

LuCkbOkx

journeyman

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 213

"The government will take, take your earnings in tax, but they won't let the fish play 'cause they won't keep track". Sriouslysrious was right!

04-17-2011 , 05:48 AM

#4914

Barton

centurion

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 115

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacob_Gilliam
You need to accept that if you have money on PS or FTP it's probably gone.

I think much more likely they will cut a deal, huge fine, return everyones money, and stay out of the USA. They may fight the feds in court for awhile.

04-17-2011 , 05:50 AM

#4915

Omaha Chris

old hand

Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,233

Drinking game: take a sip every time someone in this thread posts something factually wrong ("it is illegal to play online poker!"/"Howard Lederer is the president of Full Tilt") or engages in extremely uninformed armchair speculation ("you'll probably never get your money back"/"you'll probably get your money back").

04-17-2011 , 05:51 AM

#4916

Bigblue12

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 30

Quote:

Originally Posted by IwillDie4TheCause

hard time coming

04-17-2011 , 05:53 AM

#4917

sickvendetta

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 35

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaha Chris

You'd be dead from alcohol poisoning in minutes.

04-17-2011 , 05:54 AM

#4918

Tommy_Ho

banned

Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,206

Quote:

Originally Posted by IwillDie4TheCause

QuadJacks estimated there are 50,000 to 80,000 online Pros that this will have a devestating affect on...

04-17-2011 , 05:58 AM

#4919

shinyshiner

centurion

Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 112

Quote:

Originally Posted by Omaha Chris

They'll be enough alcohol in your blood for it to be legally considered wine, and therefore you'll become Jesus.

04-17-2011 , 06:04 AM

#4920

Shoulder

newbie

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 44

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all info needed on wombat poker and more

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04-17-2011 , 06:14 AM

#4921

Jacob_Gilliam

banned

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,782

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barton

I think much more likely they will cut a deal, huge fine, return everyones money, and stay out of the USA. They may fight the feds in court for awhile.

This is about the most unlikely deal ever. If the DOJ wanted to cut a deal, we would have a deal. No company that has gone against the DOJ in a criminal suit has ever survived. Civil yes, Criminal no.

04-17-2011 , 06:17 AM

#4922

rizeagainst

banned

Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,179

PRESIDENT SPEECH

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheEngineer

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04-17-2011 , 06:18 AM

#4923

DKJ

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 88

Quote:

Originally Posted by MyDixEnormis

you cant play online poker in any state in the US, haven you been paying attention? your a bit slow

And please stop trying to pretend like you were making a living from online poker

Why, because you weren't, none of us were?

Just gtfo guy... You have like 38 posts and they are all since yesterday. You know squat.

EDIT: Your join date: 04/16/2011. zzzzzzzzzz gtfo fish.