Online poker group says gov't seized $30M in player payouts

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Texas MadMan — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:23:41 GMT

What a JOKE! Sounds like something a communist government would do in my opinion.......I think the US government should quit worrying about it's citizens playing online poker and maybe pay attention to the billions and BILLIONS of dollars in waste spending in supposed wartime contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan..........

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090607/ap_on_go_ot/us_wartime_contracting_report

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JAP69 — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:00:26 GMT

You think you live in a free country? Fugetaboutit.

Online poker group says gov't seized $30M in player payouts

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:45:07 GMT

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.

The Poker Players Alliance released a statement Tuesday claiming that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York instructed four banks to freeze accounts belonging to online payment processors. John Pappas, the group's executive director, claims the frozen accounts contain funds owed to 27,000 players wh... [ More ]