In the latest skirmish in the battle over Internet gambling, online poker advocates say the government has frozen more than $30 million in payouts affecting thousands of players
Anyone else affected by this? I’m in the middle of trying to get my money out of my pokerstars account. I didn’t realize this bullshit was going on, otherwise I wouldn’t have deposited money in the other day.
Ya. FTP hit me with this. Took over a month to get a cashout and then emailed me and said that I needed to request a cashout with a check.
Seems like Sites to Bank accounts are getting hit.
Ya. FTP hit me with this. Took over a month to get a cashout and then emailed me and said that I needed to request a cashout with a check.
Seems like Sites to Bank accounts are getting hit.
Land of the fr… wait.
Heh… further proof that it’s not legal just because it’s the internet. Moving a server offshore solves problems short term but eventually the government figures out a way to get the money when it comes back to the US.
Ugh, I was hoping the Obama admin would tell them to stop enforcing this, like medical marijuana, since the grounds it was passed on was the whole Bush “moral high ground” bullshit.
From the article…
“U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York”
OK, so does this mean NY or the entire US as the thread title states?
I think that just means it was filed in the jurisdiction/court of the Southern Dist. of NY but its still a U.S. Attorney so yeah its the US…I would thinik.
glad i cashed everything out over a month ago 
Ya, it looks like some of the country can cashout using echecks, but NY and Washington DC can only use paper checks right now. O well. I can at least get a paper check, but I have to wait like 20 days.
Move to vegas if you like to play poker…
Seriously…
yaaa, let me get right on that.
It’s not like it’s my passion in life, I just like to play for fun every now and again. Beats goin up to the Casino where I’d be tempted to gamble 5x as much while waiting for a spot in the poker room.
:lol:
He’s gotta pay for all his shit somehow, so you can bet he’s not going to just overlook all this online gambling money.
Ya, I don’t think it’s going away - just regulated and taxed to hell.
Regulate it and tax your winnings as income? Like you have to do if you win big at the casino? :gotme:
I don’t play online poker, though I do play IRL poker 5-6x a month.
So, out of curiousity, what ingenious notion is this input based on? Comparitively speaking would you also recommend moving to Toronto if you want to see full nude strippers? Move to NYC if you want to invest in equities? Move to Mexico if you like tacos? Move to Rome if you want to practice Catholicism?
Seriously…
:bigclap:
Annnnnnnnnnnnd it’s over -
I know I know - I just bumped a 2 year old thread, but this was relevant to what I posted back then…
Edit: And even more confusing… apparently DC legalized it a week ago… wtf?
http://www.tightpoker.com/news/washington-dc-legalizes-online-poker-2338/
Of course! If people weren’t wasting their money on online poker, they now have left over income to pay the higher taxes that are coming.
I thought of this every time I saw full tilt adds during the f1 china GP…which was every 5 seconds.