Subject:Poker is reporting that the US Department of Justice and Groupe Bernard Tapie have reached an agreement regarding the sale and fate of Full Tilt Poker. According to an email from Ray Bitar, the indicted CEO says that upon a […]
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Full Tilt laid off some 200 people on the Pocket Kings staff in Dublin last week — leaving pretty much just the head honchos, who apparently believe that ole Chris Ferguson bit about \”a chip and a chair\” too much
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I gotta think representing himself pro se against the DOJ was not part of the original plan. But that\’s the real story (imho) yet to be noted in Ray Bitar\’s claims that he wants some of his property back (including
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Tom Schneider OP-ED Ed. Note: Shortly after Tom wrote this piece, the AGCC revealed that some $330 million had been seized pre-Black Friday. I sent an email asking if this changed the math, to which Tom replied, \”That’s almost all that they
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Not sure yet what exactly this all means … but the case of Clonie Gowen vs. Team Full Tilt (that strangely never got to trial) is still alive in some capacity. A federal Appeals court ruled yesterday that the lower
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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
Boycotting may be too strong a word … \”avoiding\” could work, as could \”snubbing\”, as could \”pissing off its own players by telling them they can\’t go.\” Supposedly, highly reliable sources are saying, Full Tilt brass in Ireland are telling
More than Rumorati: Full Tilt Boycotting NAPT? Branding Wars escalate
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A cover story in the latest issue of Forbes magazine (the main story asking if Al Qaeda is bankrupt) features an article discussing the US government\’s possible crackdown on online poker with the impending June 1 deadline for the UIGEA
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The Full Tilt Poker legal team is busy. On the heels of the presumably still-unresolved Clonie Gowen $40 million lawsuit, another case was filed in the Nevada court system on September 11, 2009. This is the only information available thus
Jason Newitt Sues Full Tilt, Lederer, et al.Another Ex-FTP Employee Suits Up
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PokerNewsDaily followed suit: With the majority of the case being dismissed with prejudice and only Tiltware, Bitar and Lederer eligible for any further action, Gowen’s lawsuit appears to be dead at this time. And then PokerNews reported \”Gowen Lawsuit Against
Clonie vs. Full Tilt: Case Dismissed? Maybe kinda-sorta, but not really
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