Im speechless... I know they 'outlawed' online gambling some time ago..
but really?.. didnt DC just make it ok for online poker IN DC..
something is really wrong with our government..
however, this is the best way to demolish the competition..
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The FBI today is following in ICE’s footsteps by seizing the domains of the three largest U.S. poker sites. The FBI has seized UltimateBet.com, UB.com, FullTiltPoker.com, PokerStars.com, and AbsolutePoker.com. The nameservers were updated to ns1.cirfu.net and ns2.cirfu.net, which appears to be the domain for the FBI’s Cyber Initiative and Resource Fusion Unit. The websites now point to the following notice:
http://www.domaincensorship.com/2011/04/the-fbi-seizes-the-three-biggest-u-s-poker-sites-today/Quote:
(Reuters) - The owners of three of the largest Internet poker companies operating in the United States were accused on Friday of tricking regulators and banks into processing billions of dollars of illegal Internet gambling proceeds.
Eleven people, including the owners of Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and PokerStars, were charged with violating U.S. anti-Internet gambling laws, according to charges filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.
Prosecutors also filed civil money laundering charges seeking to recover at least $3 billion from the companies, which are all based overseas, court documents said.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-gambling-idUSTRE73E6HW20110415
