Online Poker Websites Down for U.S. Players – News dump
Online poker met it’s maker in the U.S. on Friday, when executives from PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and *gulp* Absolute Poker were charged and arrested by the US Department of Justice.
Here’s my big list of news and info about the matter:
- Screenshot: notice on domains seized by DOJ (pokerstars.com, fulltiltpoker.com. ub.com, ultimatebet.com, absolutepoker.com)
- Screenshot: JPEG screenshot of Pokerstars client fail
- Screenshot: Pokerstars “important notice” to U.S. players
- Business Insider: Pro Poker Players Have Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Locked In Accounts Seized By The FBI
- Two Plus Two Forums: Reuters: Full Tilt Poker, PokerStars and Absolute Poker charged with illegal gambling
- Full PDF of the DOJ press release
- PokerNews.com: Online Poker’s Big Three Indicted
- Cardplayer.com: Department of Justice Indicts Owners of Major Online Poker Sites
- Full 52-page DOJ indictment (Scribd doc)
- Pokerati: Apocalypse Now
- Poker Table Ratings: Online Sites Indicted
- Poker Table Ratings: Fallout Continues, ESPN Cancels Programming
- TheHill.com: Barney Frank says Obama administration wasting time with online poker crackdown
- Wicked Chops Poker: DOJ Indicts Top Online Poker Sites
- Poker Road Radio: Fall Out Show with Court, BJ, and Gary Wise
- Gambling and the Law: Federal Poker Indictments: Revisiting Prohibition
More to come.