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Intimidating Players

The United States may not have much of a case built against the internet poker giant Full Tilt Poker, but that has not stopped US authorities from resorting to imtimidation tactics as a way to curb internet poker activity. The thing is, online casinos and internet poker sites are two different entities and the US authorities have resisted prosecuting the poker sites under the UIGEA laws for years now, so what has changed? The US authorities are getting a bit bolder and believe that strong-arming tactics will be enough to force some sites out of the market. Latest on their radar are well-known professional poker players who represent the US-facing online casino poker site, Full Tilt.

Full Tilt has stayed in the US market long past the UIGEA and the site, along with other poker giants like PokerStars have held an exemption of sorts when it comes to the UIGEA. The US authorities have not yet released a ton of information concerning their case against Full Tilt and Full Tilt’s US poker team. Allegedly, company officials and top poker players will be facing money laundering charges as a result of their poker playing activities on the Full Tilt site while the UIGEA was in place and blocking offshore online casino transactions.

Those in the know claim that this is really just all about intimidation, and that the US authorities do not really have much of a case against these individuals, but they are using high profile celebrities as a way to intimidate others within the online casino and poker gambling industries. The only real concern is the cost that it would take these individuals to actually do battle with the US authorities in court – the US has a lot more money at it’s disposal.