Widespread but previously unverified reports of a Department of Justice-ordered seizure against three bank accounts operated by online poker sites servicing US players have now been confirmed, with the Poker Players Alliance announcing that as much as $33 million in temporarily frozen funds may be involved. The seizure centers on a rumored 24,000 accounts involving customers of Full Tilt, PokerStars and one other site. Three separate banks were involved in the seizure, with the order emanating from the United States District Court of Southern New York. That U.S. district court has been at the focal point of Department of Justice efforts against various online gambling concerns and online-poker sites, which the DoJ maintains are illegal, though no case involving online poker has ever been tried. While the DoJ based its seizures here under the 1961 Wire Act , poker-only sites such as those affected by this latest order have long maintained that online poker is not covered by the cited laws. In fact, the latest seizures represent the first time that the United States' DoJ has attempted an action against entities associated only with online poker, as opposed to sportsbetting or casino gaming concerns...pokernews
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I fail to see what Obama has to do with this. The Poker Players Alliance told The Associated Press that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York instructed three banks to freeze the accounts. Democrat senators are trying to legalize/regulate/tax online poker.
U.S. Attorneys are appointed by the President. They report to the Attorney General who is appointed by the President.
Oh no! The Obama administration is enforcing a law put into place in in 2006 (you do know that was the Bush years, right?
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Mr. Excellent said...
Oh no! The Obama administration is enforcing a law put into place in in 2006 (you do know that was the Bush years, right?
Mr. Excellent, it was a 1961 law. How do you blame that on Bush? The article clearly states this is the FIRST TIME the law has been used in this fashion.
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Online gambling is legitimate when operated by Indian governments in US and Canada... well, that's what I know since the last time news sprung about it. Meanwhile, let's all just continue playing online poker.
I'm waiting on the outcome of the law.
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