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Online gambling news that really sucks includes updates on from Quicktender, affiliate program closures, and the FBI giving away our money to local cops! Plus, an update on a story from Vancouver and a shout out for a friend.
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Online Poker Indictment The Micros: Episode … 5?
Not their funniest effort, but expresses the insta-change in the poker world well. Some things are just made for cartooning:
Online Poker Indictment The Micros: Episode … 5?
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Poker Panic \’11
The arrest warrant in rem in the parallel civil forfeiture case (11 Civ. 2564) involving PokerStars, FullTilt, and UB is out. This is the instrumentality through which the domain names were redirected by the FBI to the notices up on
FBI, County Sheriff, Local Police Raid Houston Underground Game
With limited factcheck, we do have a little more poker-minded info to go on beyond the hedline and the TV news report: 14 arrested — \”at least,\” authorities say — presumably to be charged with traffic-ticket offenses. Though you never
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Tzvetkoff Granted Bail Accused UIGEA violator could live under house arrest
A Las Vegas federal judge granted Australian Daniel Tzvetkoff bail as he awaits trial on four charges related to more than half a billion dollars worth of bank fraud, money laundering, and UIGEA violations. The 28-year-old payment processor faces up
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Rogue Payment Processor Arrested in Las Vegas
Accused of Laundering Full Tilt, PokerStars, UB Money First criminal indictment for UIGEA violations
photo: The Courier-Mail Daniel Tzvetkoff, first accused UIGEA criminal: Whoever said being a douchebag was a crime? Dude … it\’s gettin\’ hot here in the US … specifically in Las Vegas. Yesterday federal authorities arrested Daniel Tzvetkoff, a 27-year-old Australian
Federal grand jury investigating Full Tilt Poker Indictments coming for Jesus, Howard and others?
The Financial Times in London is reporting that a federal grand jury in Manhattan has been investigating Full Tilt Poker and is ready to indict the online poker site along with several players who represent the site, including Chris \”Jesus\”
New Online Gambling Indictment, Legislation Perspectives Weekly
Ed. Note: Will be curious to see what gets more views — the latest episode of Perspectives Weekly or Face the Ace. LOL. -dm Breaking News! A grand jury has just indicted an online gambling payment processor! Plus, a New
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RE: Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers (4)
The Associated Press is at least paying attention to the developments reported here on Pokerati in what is sure to be a complex legal situation — one that already is bringing up not just legally questionable issues of non-brick-and-mortar gambling,
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Apparent Fed Crackdown on Online Poker Money Transfers E-check withdrawals and deposits blocked
Normally we wouldn\’t think much of a thread on 2+2 about some withdrawal problems at a major American-friendly online site. Usually these problems get resolved in a matter of days or maybe weeks, but this time something\’s different. Developing …