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Not Giving Up

The news in California has been alight these days with reports of online casino poker gamblers nervous and anxious about the seizure of their gambling funds. The US Department of Justice made and unexpected move into the US internet poker gambling industry last month (June) with the freezing and seizure of online casino poker gambling accounts from two different companies that were illegally processing internet poker gambling transactions. The DoJ has the power to stop illegal offshore gambling activities through the power of the UIGEA but has largely left the smaller operations alone for a while now. The recent seizure though came as a surprise and has left a lot of gamblers in the lurch. The Poker Players Alliance, PPA, is a strong proponent of a legalized US online poker industry and the organization has entered into negotiations with the DoJ on behalf of the US internet poker gamblers affected by the account seizures.

The latest fervor in the industry comes as online poker gamblers one again fear the non-payment of their account funds that have been seized by the DoJ. The PPA had previously announced that the DoJ had agreed to enter into negotiations with the organization and this fact as a great relief to the gamblers. The DoJ though doesn’t seem to willing to come to the table and, without notifying the PPA of its intended actions filed a new warrant against the Union Bank of California against the illegal funds from foreign online casinos and poker sites.

The US government does not have any room in the UIGEA to actually come down on the online casino and poker gamblers, but instead can only interact with the offending offshore gambling companies and any financial institution and payment processor facilitating the gambling process. The sites affected are some of the largest in the industry which can be a major relief to the gamblers with these accounts, both PokerStars and Full Tilt guarantee the player funds.