Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and PokerStars Domains Seized by the FBI

[Messino]

Wow, so the GUVT has shut down these domains because they want to enforce their moral laws on the public about online gambling.

 

:tdown::mad:

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.

 

The Internet domain names of the companies were also seized.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-gambling-idUSTRE73E6HW20110415

[Joel Up Front]

The government cares more about people not wasting their money in secondhand smoke-filled casinos populated by people missing some body part and/or the elderly but they don't want to restore the value of the dollar or create more jobs? Jesus Christ.

[B35 via Church]

http://www.absolutepoker.net

http://www.fulltiltpoker.net

http://www.pokerstars.net/

 

 

Am I missing something here?

[Messino]

The .com domains have been seized.

[Gorgor]

http://www.absolutepoker.net

http://www.fulltiltpoker.net

http://www.pokerstars.net/

 

 

Am I missing something here?

 

The .net versions of them aren't for real money. On those you just use play money so they're completely legal.

[Urbanfortitude]

Get back to me about how immoral gambling online is government when your office men aren't having affairs/gettin BJs in airport bathroom stalls while preaching about the sanctity of marriage. giving white collar crooks a bailout after causing a fiscal crisis and using state money to go to baseball games.

[MattTrain]

If they're not gambling online for real money then why take away the domains, unless I am misunderstanding something?

[Urbanfortitude]

If they're not gambling online for real money then why take away the domains, unless I am misunderstanding something?

 

You are misunderstanding something. The .net sites aren't for real money. The .coms however, were played using real money.

[rr4567]

Government to Domain Holders:

 

 

 

[B35 via Church]

You are misunderstanding something. The .net sites aren't for real money. The .coms however, were played using real money.

 

This explains what I was missing... Thanks.

 

Reason I linked up the .net domains earlier was b/c they advertise them on TV; quite frequently I might add... so that immediately came to mind upon reading the thread title....

 

(I) didn't know they had real money versions, or the usage of the .com/.net domains to separate the real from the free/play/house/fake money versions....

[SoSpectacular]

The government wants that money, thats why, they wanna take it from you!!