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US Action Against Full Tilt

The United States Department of Justice (DoJ) has formally announced an investigation against the one of the largest online casino poker gambling sites in the world. Full Tilt Poker is the second largest international poker room serving the global poker industry (PokerStars being the largest) and the company has continually made the controversial decision over the past several years to continue offering internet poker services to US players. The US DoJ has never yet delineated a difference between the online casinos and the internet poker industry, but according to the Financial Times recently, a Grand Jury in New York City will decide precisely that line – whether or not Full Tilt has crossed any lines and broken the laws within the controversial UIGEA.

The Grand Jury has a pretty hefty task ahead – the determine whether or not the ambiguous description of “illegal internet gambling” within the UIGEA pertains to the internet poker industry, or rather only applies to the online casinos. Full Tilt, along with all of the major poker rooms have long asserted their distinction from pure chance gambling because of the skill aspect inherent in the game of poker. The rest of the world is still torn on the subject, however, and the Grand Jury will have a lot of power in their ruling.

Lawyers for the two owners and founders of Full Tilt have declined to fully comment on the situation, noting that they were not yet aware that such an investigation was underway. Poker holds such a unique spot in the online casino gambling industry that it’s interesting that the US DoJ has decided that now was the appropriate time to take on such a confusing issue.