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Published Friday, April 15, 2011 | 12:16 p.m.
Updated Friday, April 15, 2011 | 12:16 p.m.
The Manhattan U.S. attorney has filed charges against principals of PokerStars, Full Tilt and Absolute Poker. Devastating stuff -- bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling.
Interesting in context of lawmakers being wined and dined by PokerStars and urged to pave way for web poker.
News release and indictment at right.
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How much could the government receive in fees and taxes over time instead of a one-time grab like this?
This is a disturbing action.
Amazing that these government folks have nothing better to do. What an enormous waste of taxpayer money. But possibly the government will be able to steal enough money via "forfeitures" to offset the bloated salaries of the fools pursuing this case. Disgusting.
WHY DIDN'T THE GOVERNMENT LEGALIZE IT 15 YEARS AGO.
MARTIN9 YOUR DEAD ON WITH YOUR COMMENT.
The US attourney speaks and acts from a position of profound ignorance about the nature of the game of poker, combined with extreme arrogance due to the power invested in him, rather like a 400 pound gorilla disrupting an opera because its content offends him.