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Sealed Warrants Need Opening

The United States Department of Justice has made headlines yet again because of the decision to seize gaming funds from a payment processing company that operated specifically with internet poker sites in the California market. The DoJ seized the funds under a sealed warrant and they didn’t even have that warrant at first! At a recent court hearing though the online casino poker gambling industry is demanding the unsealing of the warrants. The DoJ’s decision to go after Account Services has really baffled some in the industry in light of the waning power of the UIGEA. The UIGEA is almost wholly accepted throughout the US as a flawed and unenforceable piece of legislation that has disrupted the effective running of US internet gambling trade policies.

But even with the time of death notice soon to be ringing for the UIGEA, the DoJ chose to attempt perhaps one last enforcement measure before the curtain closes on this operation. Costigan Media is the company pushing for the unsealing of the warrants and the judge on the case heard the case from the plaintiffs and is currently considering the options. Costigan Media contends that there is nothing in the warrants that the public, and that includes the company affected, the players, and the online casino gambling industry as a whole, should not hear.

There is an indication that the judge will continue to protect some of the information contained in the warrant and that will remain confidential. But on the plus side the online casino gambling industry and the company affected may get a bit of additional information on just why the DoJ seized the gaming funds in question.