# Game over for online poker players in U.S.? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 25, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656 "2009-06-25T01:49:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/1 "2009-06-25T01:49:45Z")
[http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2009/06/online\_poker.html?wprss=washingtonpostinvestigations](http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2009/06/online_poker.html?wprss=washingtonpostinvestigations) > 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. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 7:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/2 "2009-06-25T07:05:11Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 7:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/3 "2009-06-25T07:08:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/4 "2009-06-25T08:10:47Z")
Land of the fr… wait. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/5 "2009-06-25T08:43:06Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/6 "2009-06-25T09:09:07Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/7 "2009-06-25T09:16:40Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Toda\_Party](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/toda_party/32/7354_2.png) [@Toda\_Party](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Toda_Party)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/8 "2009-06-25T10:04:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![9ONA3OOZX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/9ona3oozx/32/7242_2.png) [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/9 "2009-06-25T10:59:17Z")
glad i cashed everything out over a month ago 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/10 "2009-06-25T11:45:51Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/11 "2009-06-25T13:20:04Z")
Move to vegas if you like to play poker… Seriously… ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/12 "2009-06-25T13:27:08Z")
> [@JustinH](#): > > 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. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/13 "2009-06-25T13:29:10Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > 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. :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. ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/14 "2009-06-25T14:32:26Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :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. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/15 "2009-06-25T17:05:57Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > :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. Regulate it and tax your winnings as income? Like you have to do if you win big at the casino? :gotme: ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/16 "2009-06-25T17:15:08Z")
I don’t play online poker, though I do play IRL poker 5-6x a month. > [@JustinH](#): > > Move to vegas if you like to play poker… > > Seriously… 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… ---
**Author:** ![94excivic](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/94excivic/32/5263_2.png) [@94excivic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/94excivic)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/17 "2009-06-25T17:24:40Z")
> [@Nikuk](#): > > 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: ---
**Author:** ![dcrdev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@dcrdev](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dcrdev)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/18 "2011-04-16T02:15:23Z")
Annnnnnnnnnnnd it’s over - > **[Online Poker Sites Face Crackdown](https://www.thestreet.com/story/11084657/1/online-poker-sites-face-federal-crackdown.html?cm_ven=GOOGLEN)** > > Federal authorities announce charges against 11 people in relation to online gambling offenses, shutting down popular poker sites in the process. 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/](http://www.tightpoker.com/news/washington-dc-legalizes-online-poker-2338/) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/19 "2011-04-17T11:20:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656/20 "2011-04-17T11:32:21Z")
I thought of this every time I saw full tilt adds during the f1 china GP…which was every 5 seconds. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/game-over-for-online-poker-players-in-u-s/69656.md?page=2)