On April 15th, 2011, the US Department of Justice seized the domains and bank accounts of Pokerstars, Full Tilt, and Absolute Poker. One week later we know how they did it, who helped them, and if players will be getting their money back!
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Not everyone is unhappy about the elimination of PokerStars and Full Tilt from the American online poker marketplace. Shares of Bwin/Party soared today on the London Stock Exchange, closing up nearly 35 percent on rather high trading volume. And while
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Jon Katkin OP-ED The DOJ dropped an A-bomb on the online poker industry Friday, and, as you\’d expect, the impact was devastating. Within hours of the DOJ\’s indictments, PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker had shut down real money gaming in
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The Feds\’ allegations tell a rather compelling narrative of illegal gambling, bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to circumvent US law — that if proven calls for the forfeiture of not just domain names, but also: $1.5 billion from PokerStars
We drop everything and do a 6-hour breaking-news type show as the huge story develops regarding the 11-count indictment by the US Department of Justice against Full Tilt, Pokerstars, and Absolute Poker. Brandon Adams and Eric Morris (CEO of Bluff M…
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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
Rabbit Hunt: The Rabbit Hunt crew return after taking a week off to catch everyone up on the latest poker news. After discussing the recent legislation passed in Washington D.C. and Zynga Poker the host move on to discuss the
Merchdawg’s Podcast Roundup Rants Alive, SuperStar Showdown, & Kagome Kagome
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Forbes associate editor Nathan Vardi published an article this morning entitled \”How Casino Mogul Steve Wynn Went All In On Online Poker and PokerStars\”, which despite the lame-o \”All In!\” header, is a compelling high-seas tale of how PokerStars founder
When Scheinberg Met Steve How PokerStars won Wynn and made it fiddy-fiddy
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Rabbit Hunt: Our friends on the Rabbit Hunt podcast jump right into the middle of the Joe Sebok drama this week. The guys break down and criticize both sides of the drama, breaking down what both sides of did wrong.
Merchdawg’s Podcast Roundup Drama, Good Mindset, & Mega-Grinding
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The Poker Edge: The guys from The Poker Edge are back this week with Daniel Negreanu in tow. First on topic is Erik Seidel\’s recent run to the top of the all time money list and how the super high
Merchdawg’s Podcast Roundup: SuperStar Showdown, & WPT Bay 101
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