Coming on the heels of the DC announcement, is this the end of online gaming or the dawning of a new era?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/15/us-poker-fraud-idUSTRE73E6SF20110415

You coming to Chris' tomorrow? Poker is still legal there.

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You mean a gambling site might have illegal activities going on around it?

Meet The Boy Genius Who Just Took Down The Online Poker Industry

From the article... Unsettling...

According to a source, Tzvetkoff "knows how to reverse-engineer transactions to determine its original source," making him very valuable to investigators.

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Will there be fall-out on the sports books? Will you continue to make electronic transfers of money to/from your accounts? Any chance that the players may become targets since it would seem simple enough to track all of the money transfers?

Bottom line, is it safe to use these books? I get that it's not legal, but has this increased the risk to a point to where it's not worth it?

Agree, actually took out a big chunk right after the NCAA tourney, left $100 in the account....and bet it on some long term Pujols HR wagers, printed it out...and closed the account on Bodog.

The only difference is bodog uses foreign banks to process payments, thats what made these poker sites so foolish.,

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It's time to cash out what you can from the offshore books. Matchbook already shut down to US Customers, and I assume others will follow. I can't get my money out of FullTilt and PokerStars. They say that my money is safe, but I have no reason to believe that.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Safe in the hands of the US government.

Ever seen those cop shows where they lure in guys with arrest warrants with the YOU JUST WON A NEW TV coupon.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

very clear on all Poker sites "NO LONGER TAKING DEPOSITS FROM CITIZENS OF US"

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I can legally and easily bet on horse racing online in about 5 minutes but online poker is the devil.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!