Update 25th April 2012
Hopes of an imminent resolution have been dashed after it was announced the Department of Justice (DoJ) and GBT have failed to agree..
Update 18th April 2012
Rumours are beginning to abound that Full Tilt Poker may be readying soon for a relaunch after the website’s system status went briefly “operational” and…
Update 4th April 2012
The latest information to create a new round of optimistic speculation is the fact Full Tilt subsidiary Pocket Kings Ltd has now started advertising for a number of new positions in the company’s …
Update 15th March 2012
According to reports coming from two gaming news sources, the sale of Full Tilt Poker to French investment company Groupe Bernard Tapie (GBT) is imminent and could be finalized as early as this week.
Update 12th Feb 2012
A number of Full Tilt Pros apparently still owe up to $20 million to the poker site which, although not the only reason for the delay in negotiations with the DOJ, is nevertheless seen as a “substantial” one.
Update 16th Dec 2011
The deal between Full Tilt Poker (FTP) and Group Bernard Tapie (GBT) took another step closer to completion after Full Tilt shareholders reportedly voted in favour of an $80 million assets transfer to the French company. Nevertheless, the U.S. Department of Justice…
Update 02 Oct 2011
French investment company ‘Groupe Bernard Tapie’ has signed an exclusive agreement with Full Tilt to acquire the poker room and its assets, while saying the repayment of customers was a priority for the investors.
Update 29 Sept 2011
A week after the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) resumed Full Tilt Poker’s suspended licence hearing, the Commission has now decided to revoke the poker room’s licence all together
Update 20 Sept 2011
The Full Tilt Story seems to be reaching its ultimate conclusion as the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) hearing finally resumed yesterday at the Riverbank Park Plaza Hote in London.
Update 27 July 2011
The long awaited hearing in which Full Tilt Poker was to discover whether the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) would restore its gaming licence has ended before it even got going.
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Do you live in the United States? Do you play on Full Tilt Poker? If so, you’ve probably noticed some unusual things going on with both the Full Tilt website and Full Tilt’s software. Perhaps you’ve already heard the buzz: Full Tilt Poker has blocked American traffic indefinitely.You’ve probably got some questions regarding this situation. Can I still play at Full Tilt Poker from the US? Can I play online poker anywhere? Is this the end of online poker?
Read on for some answers or you can check out some of the US online poker rooms not effected by the Full Tilt shut down.
Did Full Tilt Poker Shut Down?
In a way, yes, the Full Tilt website is down for most American players. More accurately, the Full Tilt domain has been taken over — by the United States Government. That’s why when you surf to fulltiltpoker.com, you may see an FBI logo rather than normal poker content.Why the Fed logo? In a nutshell, the FBI has charged the owners of Full Tilt Poker with crimes including wire fraud and money laundering. The FBI has also shut down over 75 payment processors that Full Tilt employed to filter money from the poker site to American banks, in circumvention of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. The FBI was able to seize the Full Tilt domain as a part of the investigation leading to these charges.
More on the charges. 11 defendants are named in an indictment handed out by the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan. The defendants include the founders and owners of Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker. The defendants are charged with counts of running an illegal gambling operation, violating the UIGEA, money laundering and bank/wire fraud. The most severe of these charges carries a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison and a $1,000,000 fine. You can read more about the poker site domain seizure.
It’s safe to say that this is serious business.
Can US Players Sign Up at Full Tilt Poker?
No, U.S. players can’t sign up at Full Tilt right now — at least not to play real money games. Given all the legal heat aimed at the site and its processors, Full Tilt has decided to avoid the American market for the time being.
You won’t be able to register a new real money account using a U.S. address. If you’re looking to play online poker in the U.S., you’re best off at sites other than Full Tilt.
Can U.S. Players Deposit at Full Tilt Poker?
If you already have an account at Full Tilt and want to deposit, you’re out of luck. The site won’t be processing any deposits from U.S. players for a little while.Since many payment processors got tangled up in the legal mess, Full Tilt poker lost a great deal of transaction processing power in the U.S. We shouldn’t expect to be able to deposit for a while.
Can US Players Play Real Money Games at Full Tilt?
Nope — Americans are now locked out of the real money tables at Full Tilt. If you try to sit in at a table, you’ll be shown a popup explaining why you can’t sit in at the table. Frustrating, to say the least. But unfortunately, this is the hand we’ve been dealt — U.S. players can’t play for cash at Full Tilt right now.
Can US Players Play Real Money Games Anywhere Else?
Yes, US players can still play poker at any number of other poker rooms. The only sites affected by the recent FBI charges are Full Tilt, PokerStars, and Absolute Poker. There are many sites other than these that still accept American players.



THIS IS SUPPOSE TO BE THE LAND OF THE FREE. IT’S TIME OUR GOVERNMENT IS TAKEN OUT OF IT’S POWER. WE NEED TO START OVER LIKE OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DID. WE CAN’T GO ACROSS AN OCEAN AND START, BUT WE CAN TAKE THIS LAME ASS GOVERNMENT OUT. TOO BAD IT WOULD TAKE EVERYONE TO WORK TOGETHER AND WE ARE A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THAT. THIS IS NO LONGER A FREE COUNTRY.
How can I withdraw from FullTilt?
They tax the hell out of me every paycheck, and now theyre telling me how I can and can’t spend my money? I can’t play cards at home with friends, thats illegal. I cant play poker online, thats illegal. I guess as long as you are playing in one of these casinos that they can tax heavily, they dont care. Land of the brave HA land of the slave
I think its time I make it my goal to get the f**k out of this country. What BS, its amusing how the government is also trying to sue them for 3 billion dollars. Guess they got to get money for the national deficit from somewhere……..bastards
Time to rebel against the oppressors everywhere!
The people demand freedom from the oppressors!
FBI is a bunch of clowns. Do something positive like stop child porn on the internet and keep out mexican drug cartels. Fukin morons worried about people making money playing cards. What a bunch of pussys.
Pathetic.
It’s not just US poker players, it’s a worldwide seizure so even if you live in a country where online gambling is legal, you cant access the site. Since when did the FBI rule the world? Oh, silly me, since forever
R.I.P full tilt. i will miss u! R.I.P freedom. the leash just got tighter. i thought our govt. was for the people by the people. better play at the s**ttier sites if u want to place a real bet. before the F.B.I. finds some thing wrong with them. like they wont pay their extortion money to the us feds!
So, how are we getting our money back??
@adeviousone, right now you can’t, the sites shut down, and everybody… join the tea party movement… resist and shut down corrupt government! Vote Trump in 2012!!!!
I’m a Canadian in Canada why can’t I get on? Is the FBI going to give me my money back or do they need it for payroll?
what exactly is the difference to going to las vagas?
i had money still on this account. what happed to my money. will i get it back. if sowhere
sorry but this is bulls**t. i had 40.00dollars on my account. now that it is closed where is my f**king money!!!!!!!!~
what do you mean comment waiting to be approved.
do you not want other people to see that you have screwed them. or are you just gong to keep nthe money for your self???????????????
If you are already a member of full tilt you can’t play or withdraw your real money funds. If it’s going to be shut down for fraud why can we not get our money back?
my money to. Im in England – another s**thole country where we are not free anymore
It’s about time the US government took down this illegal gambling site. Jesus is lord and the sinners are finally paying the piper. Huckabee for President.
FBI lmao what a bunch of tossers
tony- piss off you fkn twat
I want my money back
i want my money back
I had 14,800.00 on full tilt and now fulltilt won’t give me my money. I called and they said due to the fact of being a us citizen they can not legaly release the money to me. So I get robbed. We need to get a petition together to get our money back
ok ive already said that but ill say it again in a different way.. YOU ARE ALL CUNTS
I’m thiking that whether the whole online gambling thing wasnt ever a problem this would still be one huge cluster f**k due to the other devious sounding charges. I would just be grateful its just money you loose and not federal charges being held over you’re head like the rest of the company.
I withdrawed 200 bucks yesterday and I still have like 200 on my account… will I ever see those money? I play from Europe…
This is all my doing! Full Tilt deactivated my account and seized my $160 because they thought i was cheating, so I called my friend at the FBI and got them shut down. Nobody messes with me! By the way, the FBI did give me my $160 back. It pays to have the right friends.
I live in England and have money in my account ,will i get my money back?
When did this all happen?
This is truly the end of our nation and I’m not just talking about poke – look at what Obama has done. Taxes and more taxes – buy a car, pay a sales tax. Register the car and pay registration fees. Drive the car, pay road use tax. Fuel the car, pay fuel tax. Put tires on the car and pay sales tax again. On and on while the fat, lazy corrupt hacks in Washington get fatter and fatter. It’s not poker – it’s the whole GD thing! I’m a lawyer and I can tell you the best years are behind us. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, freedom had a meaning, it had teeth, it had Constitutional support. We are nearing a total collapse of democracy and heading towards State sponsored democracy – in other words, the State will tell you what is a democracy. And you, Tony – I hope you get a chance to see what a total elimination of freedom really feels like.
I do believe we are all royally screwed. You probably won’t get your deposits back, because it would be illegal to do so. But if in any way it makes you feel better, all the pros who made millions off stars or tilt will probably move to a different country and be safe there.
I have 1500.00 in my account !I want my fu*king money!
I say this allllllllll God damn bulls**t.
Justin Beiber for President!
The FBI is control by the casinos in USA. The casinos warlords pay the FBI to shut down online poker sites. So now whoever in USA want to play poker must visit the casinos to play. What a scam , isn’t it?
wat the dam crap isgoing on i play for freerolls and i have some tourney’s i have qualified 4 F OFF you johnny law dogs**t catch some real criminals child molesters drugs not people who gamble u will not ever stop gambling R goverment at Work thank’s 4 thewaste of time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I live in UK and the site works but I cant withdraw money. I got $270 in there
are u 4 real?
wat the dam crap isgoing on i play for freerolls and i have some tourney’s i have qualified 4 F OFF you johnny law dogs**t catch some real criminals child molesters drugs not people who gamble u will not ever stop gambling R goverment at Work thank’s 4 thewaste of time and $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
I received my withdraw just before this shiiit happened. holy hell what a bunch of fvcking shiit!
I’m from Romania, East Europe.Why i can’t withdraw my money, i’m not for US?!?! Is FBI taking my money?!
) Can i sue them:)?WTF?!
I play on Pokerstars and live outside of the USA so I can still play. However, there are very few players now on the 7 Card Stud tables as this game seems favoured by the Americans. Poker is a game of skill and should be allowed to be played in the USA online.
To all the fools rambling on about their freedoms being taken away you should know that they shut them down because they are LAUNDERING money.
I’m activist for smaller goverment but when you idoits go around whinning and crying about the goverment when they are stopping legitimate crimes they lump you fools in with legitimate arguements and protest, it’s people like you that bring down the whole movement.
Phew!! and just when i was about to start playing on Tilt and Stars… Good thing i haven’t sent off my deposit yet. I guess back to the underground card room
Contact the U.S. Attorney’s Office
Southern District of New York
(212) 637-2600
ask to speak with PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and JANICE FEDARCYK, the Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”).
Players with large amounts of money invested in the site should utilize their contacts and supports and petition them to also contact politicians involved.
This is a joke, I was registered for a tournament starting today, not to mention the money I had in my Full Tilt account. It’s not just the US, It’s everywhere. I’m in Ireland and I can’t access the site either. How do I get my money back?
So much for harmless recreation in my own living room. Guess the government thinks adults cannot make their own decisions about how to spend their free time and their own money. 1000 to 1 they wouldn’t have shut them down if they were getting tax revenue from the sites.
Sure we will all get our money back as soon as our fricken Goverment can figure out a a way to tax our money… What a waste of FEDS time. Go protect our Country, oh wait the agents are behind closed doors playing online poker also…under ficticous names….YOU LOSERS!!!!! Agreed JUSTIN BIEBER FOR PRESIDENT!!!!
I guess they took my money too. If they dont refund people ASAP, this is going to be website worthy.
fbisucks.net is available
so it fbilawsuit.com
omg dont shut down fultilt !!!! idiots noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
This is my fault. I finally qualified for the main event tournament today. Now I can’t play in the $1 tournanment. I hope they get this resolved by 1:30 today…
I am so sick of this government taking us over. We have to shut the whole government down and let us people run this f**kin country.
I stopped playing on Full Tilt a month ago. But they keep stealing $$$ from my account. Hopefully this means they will stop taking $$ too
bout time i have been wasting my money on this fully rigged sight and swore i would never spend another doller again and guess what no matter how good of a player you think you are the brutal truth is the fbi is saving your hard earned cash
Hoping to create a grassroots movement to contest the ‘illegal’ status of online poker in the US and open dialogue with the operators and the legislature – basically to stop players being stigmatized for playing a game they love…
Don’t want to spam this board so if you’re interested in getting involved in the discussion, plese search for ‘legalize online poker’ on facebook. thanks.
Im from europe (serbia) and i cant update softwear.
Does anyone from europe have same problem
I CANT PLAY IN EUROPE FFS
I have been playing all day and deposited money and there have been u.s players at the tables. real money tourneys. so even if i won the tourney I wouldnt have got my money?? I only came across this because a software update wont work so I cannot open the site asnd started looking around online and stumbles across this BS. but they are still excepting deposits. I am in australia will this affect me too. and all you ftp players in the states with money on these sites I am truly sorry and hope u get it back
This is fukn bs I have $3000 in my account im not even in the US and I CANT WITHDRAW
I had 250 dollers in my account, I live in Ireland, Anyone know what the chances of me getting my money back are??
This is ridiculous. I want to play poker.
Although that joke of Obamas administrations did this dont forget that other joke of a party the republicans brought in that 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act. Our government are a bunch of crooks and if you read the documents they want to sue them for 3 billion dollars/ or have all rights to the company including name/brand etc.There only in it for the money the dirty scammers
This is just more big government Obama bulls**t. Holder of Dept of Justice along with Harry Reid and of course that soclialist, OBama are paying back the unions that got them elected. All of the big U.S. gaming companies are union shops. The unions want the US gaming companies to have domain over online gambling. First step, shut donw the successful online sites like Poker Stars and fulltilt. Next step legalize online gambling for just companies that the union shop’s control. Just wait and watch., Its just a payback to the union’s for their $300M they contributed to OBama’s election. Harrah;s, Bally,s etc will have exclusivity over online gaming. That was part of the deal in getting Harry Reid re-elected.
This is just more big government Obama bulls**t. Holder of Dept of Justice along with Harry Reid and of course that soclialist, OBama are paying back the unions that got them elected. All of the big U.S. gaming companies are union shops. The unions want the US gaming companies to have domain over online gambling. First step, shut donw the successful online sites like Poker Stars and fulltilt. Next step legalize online gambling for just companies that the union shop’s control. Just wait and watch., Its just a payback to the union’s for their $300M they contributed to OBama’s election. Harrah;s, Bally,s etc will have exclusivity over online gaming. That was part of the deal in getting Harry Reid re-elected.
Is there a contact number i can’t get onsiteat all. I am eh canadian and wondering if i am now wrapped up in this bulls**t. Dam yanks
I’m glad I stopped playing full tilt poker last month. I was getting some BS withdrawals from some PMI and investigated that it was from full tilt. I’m glad that online poker is done with. Now there will be more action at the local casinos playing poker! Online poker is such BS anyhow. How can you play 10 tables and play nothing but pocket pairs and it be fair for those who just like playing poker. It takes away a lot of the game by playing more than one table! The only thing I’m worried about is my sportsbook accounts. ESP when the NBA playoffs are underway! But I’m not going to deposit ANYTHING till the dust settles! I guess I’ll be heading my butt to Vegas more often! See you at the LIVE Poker tables! and the World Series Of Poker!
bs. more scams.. just a way to hold some1 else money..guess i’ll never see mee fulltilt ac. again
I agree 100%. I am joining the friggin Tea Party today and I am a registered Democrat!!!! Not anymore. Obama & his clowns need to take a hike. LESS GOVERNMENT PLEASE. Do you all know there wasn’t even an income tax in America until around 1913 when the “Federal Reserve” was created. The problem is that our Federal Reserve is as “Federal” as Federal Express. The truth is that they are a banking cartel owned and operated by very wealthy private families. This would sound like a crazy story if it wasn’t all true. (I’m serious, if you are only hearing this for the first time, it’s time for you to so a little research and then share this with everyone you know.) They tried and failed to pass the Federal Reserve Act multiple times and each time Congress shot it down. So these a-holes created an “emergency” – The Great Depression ensued. And Congress caved in the next time the Federal Reserve Act was put up for a vote because they needed to make sure the Great Depression never happened again. And we have never been the same since. How was it that our Country achieved everything it did up till 1913 with no Fed and no income tax. The max tax rate in 1930 was 25%.
Why is it that the first people to get bailed out in the recent financial crisis were the banks!!!! We used tax payer money to bail out the very companies who screwed the tax payers over. Capitalism didn’t fail. We failed Capitalism the day we bailed the big banks out. There were plenty of smaller community banks who were not making risky loans and who were doing things right. In a Capitalist society, these smaller banks should have risen to take their rightful place at the head of the table while JP Morgan, B of A, Wells, Goldman etc should have fallen by the wayside. THAT is how capitalism works. Sorry to go off on this tangent, but I am Fed up (pun intended). Did you see who Bush and Obama called in to help them “save” up from the banking crisis? Hank Paulson of Goldman Sacs. Timothy Geithner! That’s like asking a bank robber to investigate the robbery. Or the classic fox to investigate the missing hens.
I am so sorry I ever voted for Obama. I won’t make that mistake again. I don’t know if Trump will run as “torymon” above suggests, but we need someone who understands the American way, and who knows how to run a business. I am so tired of our rights being stripped away. I am beginning to understand what our forefathers were warning against. I wonder if things are too far gone to be fixed?
I have 65,000 dollars in my account. s**t up the creek i guess. How can they do this?
Goldman -Saks responsible for the f**king total banking crisis—not 1 indictment —poker big f**king deal pennies in comparison shut downs arrests 3 billion $ penalties what phony bulls**t
A double edged sword: First of all this country’s government is getting worse and worse.Any online poker site is fixed.If you want proof think about this.Whenever you or another player is all in there is a pause on the river.That is the computer generator thinking about what card to put on the river to help the worst hand win.Did you ever wonder why the players that play the most get the most suck outs.Thats because full tilt makes more money off them than you.You ever wonder why a player calls your all in preflop with a 3 and a 5 or worse and hits a straight almost as if they knew you were gonna lose.Hmmmmmmmm!!!! I understand players love the game and I do too but trust me when i tell you this you can never and i mean never win a big tourney or do it for a living.How do i know you ask?? Let’s just say i have friends in the right places.Like family that lives in the Virgins Islands perhaps.
Goldman -Saks responsible for the f**king total banking crisis—not 1 indictment —poker big f**king deal pennies in comparison shut downs arrests 3 billion $ penalties what phony bulls**t
big brother just needed a few more dollars so he could help feed the homeless, just ya’ll remain the bb is monitoring this site since now they own it.. it will taKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO WORK A DEAL . if that doesnt happen we can go play in washington dc on the interent
I was enjoying the pleasure of playing cards in the comfort of my home. I saved money on going out, which has become very expensive in itself. This was a nice outlet in these trying times. The government and Vegas didn’t get their rack and we all suffer.
I requested a withdrawal yesterday, but received an email today stating is was denied. This form of entertainment was fun while it lasted, unfortunately all good things come to an end. This is just another step this country is taking in the wrong direction. I guess I’ll just go out and buy some “once illegal” alcohol and drown my sorrows. THE HOUSE WINS YET AGAIN, BYE BYE MONEY!!!
HAHAHAHHAHA HA HA HA I wasted all my money last night it gives me great joy too find out that who ever it was that won my money with that huge suck out will never see it. and sucks s**t full tilt ya dogs i always knew you where full of s**t, also too all those that lost big suck s**t!!!!!!!!
absolutely amazing ppl equate online gambling with freedom.. lol.. you cant gamble in how many states of the nation, yet you wanna whine about freedom.. drink some damn tea and shut the hell up.. you know little and say even less. and please please nominate donald trump or sarah barraquitter. they both ensure another obama victory
I’M A DEMOCAT, BUT I WILL BE MOVING TO THE TEA PARTY MOVEMENT
LIKE OTHER PEOPLE I READ ON LINE ARE DOING.
are you kidding me, we as Americans work hard and for you to tells us
we cant play poker online is not democracy.
I play in free rolls which requires NO MONEY. (FREEROLLS)
its time for Americans to stand up against you on this.
where in the USA Constitution does it say you have the right to
tell Americans how to spend there money?
look at how stupid your thinking is.
casinos everywhere in the USA.
state funded gambling lottery
BOOKIES ALL OVER AMERICA
will you shut down all gambling or only
the ones you cant control? YOUR CONTROL FREAKS.
SHUT DOWN ALL CASINOS AND STATE LOTTERIES
IF YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT US GAMBLING YOU FOOLS.
you make me sick to my stomach and I’m going to
run ads on cl IN every state i can against your idiotic thinking.
I USE TO LOOK FORWARD TO PLAYING ONLINE BUT NOW
YOU HAVE TAKEN AWAY MY RIGHTS AND I’M NOT STANDING FOR IT.
WHY DON’T YOU DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR A CHANGE.
REGARDS
CITIZENS FOR CHANGE.
PS I BET I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE YOU HEAR FROM.
this is BS im not even in the USA and i have thousands in FTP. i better get my money back..the US spends so much time worrying about silly things like online gambling, but cant control its drug problem or rape/murder percentages. get your priorities straight.
I can go down to the bar and play poker anyday I want, why is that different than playing online?
I would think FBI could use time and money more wisely we will have online poker in U.s legally in 5 years if not sooner.
anyways.
There has to be something we can do to get our hard earned money back! What the hell, I had 3000 dollars on there which is a lot of f**king money to me. We cannot just sit around and let this bulls**t happen! What can we do??????? Any suggestions?
once again you voted for obama and you will suffer the consequences….this is only the beginning the government will control more and more things “net nuetrality” ring a bell!!! wake up america before obama madness destroys this country ….saul alinsky ring a bell cloward and piven …he wants to destroy this country and start over in an open society global government WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!
How is it that I can still play on Full TIlt from the US? I don’t see any other US players.
I play online poker too, but I have always felt it is totally rigged, so I have NEVER had a lot of money in my account. So at least that is good.
No online poker to relax and have and win a few bucks we rather send you to war where we spend 36 million a day and to date have spent trillions of dollars. In 06 they signed the UGIEA and now they are takeing website down on a whim this is against our freedom of speech rights wtf is wrong with this country , Canada is sounding good and I always wanted to live there.
No online poker to relax and have and win a few bucks we rather send you to war where we spend 36 million a day and to date have spent trillions of dollars. In 06 they signed the UGIEA and now they are takeing website down on a whim this is against our freedom of speech rights wtf is wrong with this country , Canada is sounding good and I always wanted to live there.
Hey Mommy and Daddy Government! We will play poker. Do you know that? Just like water we can be temporarily redirected, but not stopped. We have friends and family and people we’ll meet tomorrow… many of them that enjoyed online poker just like us… but now we’ll have to meet in their basements… quietly like in East Germany. Is that ok with you Mommy and Daddy? No? Well we don’t care.
signed Your Boss… ironically…
US gov’t is trillions in debt. is anyone there smart enough to BUY the operation and legalize it. Infrastructure alone is worth billions. Never trust men who wear suits and sunglasses.
Problem is , it’s only gonna get worse….In case everyone has on blinders, the government doesn’t have enough money to make payroll….they are in a wild rampant race to rape & pillage anywhere that they can get their hands on large sums of monies. Gambling on line is huge business. They aren’t getting their share so the hold up begins…..now if anyone is really serious about on line gaming & getting it done here in the the usa then if you have an indian exec with any of the tribes they could pull this off & tell the gov to suck their dicks & get away with it…….
Haha yanks are idiots, im on ‘stars at moment and loving it, wheres ya money gone, wheres ya money gone!
well at least now tilt can not continue to randomly pull money out of my account…. see you all at the casino sometime soon
As a Republican, I will now vow to vote against every Republican in the next upcoming election. This legislation was passed under the Bush administration when they slipped it into a larger Bill. This Bill was never viewed or even put up for debate. . They have been blocking attempts to modify this bill that would allow adults who are capable of making their own decisons on what is best for their life. On one hand they give lip service to freedom, but the reality the ultra Conservatives and Tea Party want every American to conform to their way of living. Enough is enough
It is time for a radical middle to rise up and take control.
I don’t even live in the US. I am trying to get on in the UK & don’t give a s**t about your twisted and out dated rules and yet I’m been punished because of your oppression.
This f**king bites!! The Wankers!! I better get my cash back and not fill some yanks back pocket!!
You people do realize that it was under George Bush the internet gambling law was passed?
$300 deposited to FBI on Wednesday. Thank you very f**king much for stealing my money FBI!
I have been making deposits into full tilt for the last three months and none of the money has been taken out of my bank account ($800)….My friend tried to withdral $300 a month ago and they sent it back to his FTP account not his bank account. I would rather me owe them than them owe me.
what a stupid country you can get a gun at 18 and kill some one and you cant play a dollar game of cards with your own money the land of the free my but
I love poker, I’ve been playing for years and I’ll never stop. I’m a shark and a poker fiend, and until I spent a good deal of time on the major poker sites, I was a huge fan of the idea of online poker. As soon as I caught on to the scheme, that all went away. Online poker is one of the most profitable bulls**t money-making schemes to ever succeed in modern America. The business model is insidious: 1) bring in hordes of new players by offering free poker 2) accomodate the worst of the worst players by programming the software to be extremely forgiving to mistakes and terrible play, thereby creating confidence in even the lowliest of beginners 3) entice these players to deposit real money, then use a stable of online employees to regulate table play, making sure that only those who are site-sponsored or low-staked win in high percentages, whereas those who deposit money lose in comparably large percentages. It’s a money-making RACKET ladies and gentlemen, plain and simple. I’ve been raving about it for some time, and it seems as though (at least to some degree) it’s being called into question on a major scale now. And I say it’s about god damn time.
I`ve been trying to withdraw $300.00 from FTP for 2 months now and they`ve been stalling with all sorts of excuses, and still have another $300.00 in my account. I think I`ve lost it all.
FTP is going to screw us all out of our money. What recourse do we have we are all F**ked.
SIR I WAS IMIGRANT IN USA I DON;T SE DEMOCRACY IN USA I RETURN BECK TO EAST EUROPA IT IS MORE DEMOCRACY THAN IN USA PERIOD
How could G.W.Bush have ever allowed those assholier-than-thou prudes to have talked him into outlawing online poker? (Hey, it wasn’t Obama who signed this miserable law into effect.) Many American presidents have played poker, including Nixon, who was famous for his prowess. My father, a war vet, played poker. My uncles, both Marine DI’s and combat war vets, played poker. This is an American game, played by patriotic Americans, so why are we allowing religious fanatics to run our lives in the secular United States? Look at the hipocracy here: lotteries are allowed, casinos are allowed, and all are taxed. The money-squandering government needs more revenue? Tax the online profits, you morons! Don’t goosestep card players out of our enjoyment and our rights. Of all the wars and huge deficits and monetary problems and ever-growing crime the US has, how could we waste the valuable time and resources of the FBI on harrassing card-players? Is our government insane? And by the way, who is getting our frozen online funds? The worthless politicians and their minions?
uk players can get back online by going to full tilt’s uk website and re-installing the software manually.
phew, had me sweating, iv over a grand sitting in there
OMFG!!! AS A PROFESSIONAL ONLINE POKER PLAYER, THIS IS TANTIMOUNT TO TAKING FOOD RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH. THIS IS RIDICULOUS … POKER IS A GAME OF SKILL … IF IT WERE PURE GAMBLING THEN EVERYONE WOULD HAVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO WIN. AS WE ALL KNOW … EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE THE SME CHANCE TO WIN BECAUSE EVERYONE DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME SKILL!! THIS IS SIMPLY ANOTHER FREEDOM/MONEY GRAB BY THE US CONGRESS. ITS EFF’ed UP!!
Be patient, the pokergods will have fix this delima.
Hi guys, its terrible news if you had money you now cant get back.
I am in the UK and I am playing now, my money is still in my account,havent tried to withdraw it yet though. I’ll let you know if I can or not in a bit.
And yes I agree, a petition is needed.
this is such a joke. just another way for the corrupt usa gov. to control EVERYTHING!!! if the gov. isnt making money on something then its wrong(according to them)!! it wont be long til the us makes it legal to play online poker at their sites that they can tax heavily!! mirage.com harrahs.com rio.com you watch and see!! this s**thole country has to make money off whatever they can!!!
Wow, now I see what type of losers play online poker. Oh well, you guys can go play World of Warcraft now and still continue to not get laid and masterbate to me banging your mother
Many of the headlines read that the feds are going to “recover 3 billion dollars.” Recover? What were they ever out? I am sure any funds in Full Tilt company bank accounts did not totaly cover player accounts, however it may have been a reasonable reserve. The truth of the matter is player accounts have more of a moral and probably legal right to any funds siezed. This is Federal theft and redistribution.
Any players that did not take withdraws, or if so, reported them on their taxes, should consider a class action suit for the money. The downfall would be a misdemeanor on your record. If you took large withdraws and did not report on your taxes be very weary of any involvement.
How much information do they have on us?
Thanks Patriot Act, Rico laws, ect. I feel safer.
US Government blows another one. This is another attack on the normal US citizen. There is no 2 party system, they are all 1 in the same. We need an entire new slate of government officials. This last 10 years has all been a manufactured process to rif the world of the middle class.
If can’t update ftp outside US, try going to your UK or other ftp site rather than .com version and install ftp from there. Worked for me.
i live in canada and cannot access getting message to update and then nothing
In addition this crap, the poker shows largely financed by advertising from the poker sites (like Poker after Dark) may suffer and wither away. …and then there’s those endorsements on those caps and shirts of the poker “stars” that will evaporate. ….your hard earned tax dollars at work!
They have taking over the world ,theF.B.I…great neighbors but come on guy,s stay out of the poker business.I,ve losta s**t load of money from this and I,m from Canada..
Can’t get FT working today and I’m in Canada. So….. what’s happening inEurope and elsewhere?
everyone needs to join the PPA poker player alliance, write the president, congress , call the DOJ and FBI, A ralley will be originazed in D.C. soon
BLO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
our piece of s**t FBI has nothing better to do, taking the online money from thousand of people can help pay off the national debt, that worthless obama is ringing up, next the government will sieze our houses for husband and wife having sex at night in the bedroom
Players From Canada Listen Up! Follow these steps to continue playing on Full Tilt….
1) Uninstall Full Tilt from your computer
2) Go To http://www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk and download the software again
3) Install Software
4) Log in using your same username and password
5) Continue Playing
This works because you need the UK version of the software that loads and logs through the UK domain.
If you are playing from a Canadian IP address and using an account with a Canadian address you won’t be affected like people for the US.
In Canada it is 100% legal to play poker online. Canadian laws only restrict the owning and hosting of gambling sites, not the use of them.
for all the Germans ….
die Nummer über Englang funktioniert. http://www.fulltiltpoker.co.uk/de/
neu installieren und es geht wieder…
for all other countrys go to the uk website and reinstall the game.
I’m already registered in the FTOPS #1 $200 + $16. Can I still play? Will I ever be able to receive any winnings? Can I unregister from the tournament and still convert the $216 Tournament Dollars into Real Money and then maybe it will be secure?
Sry but the fed is intent on seizing all the “illegal money” in your accounts and draining all the funds from these sites.
The CEO will be coerced to make a huge payout to save his own damm neck. I know , it’s not right and it really sucks, but your illegal account funds will be seized
i have almost 1000 dollars in my account with fulltilt and i cant get in touch with them . will i be able to get my money from them?
I wouldn’t worry to much, I’ve been playing all weekend and Full Tilt still keep hitting me with bizarre bad beats. Infact over the last few years after i withdrew over 5k in winnings , the bad beats have been quite incredible if not totally dodgy! So i think they should change the name to FULL TILT f**kING BAD BEATS INCORPORATED. (FT FBI)
so where did our money go that we won on the site, did they just take it away from us?
I still owe Full Tilt 170.00. I guess they aren’t going to collect. I wonder if I should close my checking account to avoid surprises later.
They’re going to keep everyone’s money until the trial is over and then use some or all of it to pay any fines. Just watch.
omfg … i had 1.37 on that damn site and i cant get my money back and i’m from canada….omg now where can i play??
hey has anbody heard full tilt poker back on yet
“The government also filed a civil suit seeking to recover $3 billion from the companies.”
Where’s this 3 billion going to come from??? Sry, but directly from your seized “offshore and tax free” illegal gambling Accounts. I know, it fu…kin sucks!
Whoever is responsible for this needs to be shot in the fukin head. First party poker now full tilt. By the way , why cant we even play for fake money like the morons do? What a bunch of s**t this government is,if u voted for Obama i hope your prepared for more grabbing ur ankles and bending over. This is socialism at its finest , thanks to our lame president
Dear Canadians… why can’t you understand. You are part of the United States. It may not be official, but you belong to us.
land of the free my arse!!!!!
I’m from Denmark and I can’t open the software at all.
The ”real” money we play for in online card rooms are just playmoney and the poker room might have less than 10% of the money they should have ready for payouts. It has been seen before that the owners of poker sites use OUR money for risky investment adventures…
well it official..the government didnt just make me a little upset…they just made a new enemy..anyone else want to just f**king raze D.C to the f**king ground??? and if by some chance the feds do read this…F U C K Y O U!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR DAY IS COMING REAL f**kING SOON…
i live in england, says there is an update,click an just comes up try again later an wont let me log in,is this same for everyone,thought it was just usa
BS
That last comment about Canadians was freaking hilarious.
Hey, all you numnuts out there … The president has nothing to do with this! If anything, the goddamn tea partiers in the House are probably behind it. The Dems don’t give a s**t if we play poker, but right-wing social conservatives view it as evil, sinful games of the devil. But all you dumb people think it’s Obama just because he’s pres, you’ll vote in more Republicans, and things like this will only get worse. You don’t even know whose d**k is in your rear end!
I am thinking they are more in trouble because of the illegal bots and the hand control they employ against players. There is a lot of bad stuff associated with these sites. I play at them, but I have never deposited money because, well, I ain’t no sucker.
hahaha im not sure we belong to you…and if it’s the case, i’m happy we can play online poker!… lol
i live in ireland theres no update this is sick fulltilt realy did f**k us up the ass big time.this hapend in china when world of war chraft got so big there aconamy droped like a polish boxer so they shut it down so they could only play 3 hours every 24 so i can smell communism off the U.S.A goverment nd if i cant get my money i will go GADDAFI ( NUTS )
Same issue in australia – can’t download the “update”.
This is unbelivable… Like so many, I’ve got tourney tickets, small bankroll etc that I will probably never see again. I don’t see how they will ever restore the players trust after this.
Some poor people were probably in the middle of games when it happened – I feel worse for them.
Regardless of the politics – FT must have know something was going to happen, so they failed there customers by leading us on.
Gimme back my money! Gimme back my money! Wankers! Wankers!
Online Poker was and still is against the law. I still play. It hurts that my money is frozen, but I was taking a chance. Everybody should quit crying and realize that what they were doing is illegal, and its their loss. We should have been working on changing the law instead of just playing like it was legal.
I am FTP player $2,000 in step tickets. Grinding for 10 months,now I cant log on.The FBI is going to freeze my money. I live in las Vegas I can FCK of my money in slots all day and night like so many pathetic people. But playing a skill game is against the law? Does not make any sense. Video Keno is legal at the gas station,video poker but not online poker a game of skill. very disappointed in my government. They are protecting me?
I agree its total bs how the government tries to have control over how i spend my money, if anything they should have taken the approach like they were protecting US players from being scammed outta their money not the roll of the government is not getting there cut, We all know the cards come differently in a casino, Online poker sites seem fixed and in the end the sites make all the money i would like to see a lawsuit to get some money back that was scammed outta people and analyze how the cards are programed. i dont know if anybody noticed that when you deposit a certain amount its like the cards go your way and once you double your withdrawl is disabled and have to wait until then you will be setup with aa kk and get bent over until you lose a good chunk of money, There was some fishing things going on and i believe they were suckering people but i still made my money over the course of 5 years, i cashed out a month ago only leaving $140 that i lost 2 days ago hahahahaha im sorry for those us players that are gonna lose their money you will never see it again. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE STOPPED NEXT THING YOU KNOW WE CANT TAKE A s**t WITHOUT ASKING FOR PERMISSION!!!!
ANYONE ELSE LIVING IN THE AREA OF ST. GEORGE, UTAH? CONTACT ME AT CSCHUNKE13@GMAIL.COM. I AM STARTING A WEEKLY POKER NIGHT! Lets see if the FBI comes and shuts me down…
Good point, George. However, that which helps change the law is that which disregards the current law much like prohibition. People keep drinking and the Gov soon realizes that this is a activity that people are not going to abandon simply because the law says so. Same here with poker – we played online because we had given no legitimacy to the law. Thus law thus has no public support and fails. That’s one way to change without resorting to begging corrupt Gov officials. And one guy mentioned above and, which I totally agree, this is the USA’s first action in legalizing online poker. Wipe-out the competition, give the opportunity to giant USA casinos (Caesar’s announced plans to go online over a year ago), seize all funds to help the US deficit and all is right with the world – well, unless you have money in those account and then it’s our burden to fund this action.
And it’s not the money laundering that’s the issue here “Citizen” commenter above. I understand that it’s not poker it’s the crimes alleged to fund accounts. But my point is this – when the people want something, then provide it. If the Gov responded to what we obviously want, there wouldn’t have been any of this backdoor BS. This, as I said above, is not about crime. It’s about seizing control over the market and putting USA corporations in control of the action – kill the competition and move right in. And the 3 billion in revenue, well, those are simply pretty sprinkles on top of the ice cream that helps fund our deficit caused by our squandering. Fine, kill the competition but not at the average player’s expense.
Do you really believe in a Gov that was within a few hours of shutting down because it could not fund itself? Ya, all the poker players caused that too and the banking crisis as well and the Lindberg baby kidnapping.
Vote all of them out and start new!
MORE THAN LIKLEY EVERYONE WILL GET THEIR MONEY BACK The goverment is just doing there job. They dont make the rules, its the president who signed the bill. I knew there was something about that man as well as his father, they just didn’t feel right, now where seeing why. Bush 1 is a weird old dumb stupid f**k head, and bush two is worse, except he is aslo a pussy boy, faggit as well. Anyways, they are the real pain in the ass, after their gone yet they still seem to be here f**king us around. People like that just don’t get it and people that vote for pleple like that are stuck up and afraid. Thats the problem, but the real problem is your attitudes, It just makes it worse. Your like chirldren that are mad and don’t see threw the film. Not all of you, but plenty enough to keep them tight wads up there on full tilt and I dont mean the poker room. Theres really more to it than this…..the best thing to do is punish all the wemon. They are the rreal problem. Get wemon out of power. They make things happen far beyond what most men want to bolieve, trust me they are nothing to sneeze at. They set things up and stand back letting us blame eachother. Think guys. Wemon are getting off making us mad. Im no women hater, but Im no pussy whiped blind dumbass either. They run the show, bottom line. Wake up, and start by getting WEMON OUT OF POWER. THATS A CUT TO THE CHASE…………..
A lot of people make a living working for the U.S. government.
man im so glad i took out my cash the other day and my mate had 19.000 and last week took it out to buy a bmw
i told him he was a dic k but looks like he is he man now anyone for FBIpoker.com
The clamp down is on US players, so why are everyone else barred from access to FTP. Just does not make sense. Greed has got the better of the Obama govt and instead of tax on these online poker sites, they are killing the cash cows. How dumb !!!
fuk this im moving plannets ….. anyone got an esky?
This is bulls**t…
Luckily I only had 200 bucks in my account, I feel bad for people who had more. Don’t entertain hope of getting your money back… Just kiss it goodbye, your pocket aces just got cracked.
I thought there was suppose to be a problem at absulute poker but from what I can see its business as usual. Even made a withdrawl.
I am an Aussie and I cant get into full tilt poker either. Are we all going to lose our bank rolls?
Full tilt your a*****es i had thousands in my account, they would not let me withdraw it go to jail you c%^&$ and suffer, and while you are there have a good hard 30 years of thinking about not rigging anything ever again you scumbags!!!
Live in australia, can’t download new software, can’t play, but my friend downloaded new software this morning and is playing wtf
Except for the issue of minors engaging in potential on line gambling , there is no little to no difference in gambling in a casino or on line. Minor children should be monitored by their parents/guardians for all behavioral malfunctions e.g. Drug and Alcohol use, Criminal activities , etc. What other arguments does the opposition have ?
It really seemed that we were moving towards legalization rather than stricter enforcement of a bad law.In New Jersey, I was hearing more about legalization of on line Poker. As to our funds at FTP, the FBI presumably seized customer account records and should simply return those amounts to account holders, I am hopeful that they will after a full and accurate accounting. As to the law itself, it should be repealed and perhaps we should each contact those legislators like Barney Frank who have openly supported our cause. Any other comments as to who to contact and how to do so, please comment. We need to organize and be more pro active and make our cause a mission.
If i start a real money account somewhere else, will it be banned in the near future?
Im Canadian and have no problem getting on ftp. Unlike many of you I was not dumb enuf to leave thousands of dollars in an internet site. Oh and by the way the law was passed in 2006 when the war criminal Bush was president.
you can watch porn , some sick stuff, but not make a $1.00 bet…. right
after a hard days work there was nothing i loved more than being in the comfort of my home and playin a litttle bit of poker…. im devastated ( how controlled is this world)
i have been playing poker since 1995 in a casino in colorado and was one of the 1st to play on partypoker when you would sit at a $5 tourney for 6 hours and never go off. could’nt get a full table @ $1-2 limit. in 2006 i stopped playing when partypoker won’t take my money after 6 years. i have lost alot of $$$ over 10 years but during the winter i don’t work and need something to do. i deposit $50 at a time play low limit now and don’t care if i lose but $50 can give a week or two which is cheaper than going to the movies. i don’t expect to win but i realize that , i’m not playing to make living i play for entertainment. i did’nt vote for obama the a*****e but i would like to see TRUMP/PALIN RUN!!!!! Trump see’s how to make $$$ obama only knows how to spend spend SPEND AND TAKE THE WORLDS RIGHTS AWAY!!!!!!!!!
im from Australia, how can i withdraw my money?
suck 0000000 to full tillt and pokerstars there a bunch of cheats and if you dont know that well then your a f3ckwitt i played there sites for 1 year i usto deal holdem so why what i delt for 7 yers is the operset to what fulltilt and pokerstars are dealing its bullsh1t all i can say is go back for more you f3ckwitts lmfao i hop they get 50years jail for all 11 of them
stop whinging.
it’s just 3 sites. they were obviously doing something wrong.
it’s not like the government would go to all the trouble of shutting them down otherwise.
idiots
It amazes me that the Wall Street folks who caused billions of dollars to vanish, received bailout money and there was no major arrests and convictions even though they stole billions from the US citizens. However the US Government has the time, resources to make stopping on-line poker a priority.
You know how bad off this country is when you see all the dumb asses lay blame on Obama for something that started under the Bush administration. Majority of Dems voted against bill that keeps us from playing. Wish Canada was a little warmer so I could get away from all the right wing morons who infest where i live.
im from the uk, i cant even get on to my real money account.just plaay money. i mean wtf is going on. where;s my money gone.
15 Million players say………
LEAVE US ALONE U.S. GOVT.
YOU CAN’T EVEN FIX YOUR EXISTING PROBLEMS
WHY CREATE NEW ONES?
Why do so many people complain about how the games are rigged and how the sites have the games programmed to slowly get every dollar they can get from you, and still they keep playing?
wtf? i play in spain and cant update software.i thought it was only usa? fukin greedy u.s cunts stealin more hard earned cash
I wish as much as everyone else that the US didn’t do this, but the reason why is because the companies were stealing from the government. They were taking hundreds of millions of dollars in profit from their websites (that should have been taxed) and illegally moving them overseas. The FBI can’t ignore that any more than they can ignore the Mafia doing it.
Canadian here too. Iv got a nice stack on my account and im sketchin out i cant get too my money WTF! Give me my money back!! i won it fair and square you stupid FBI! i am canadian damnit!!!!
If you get a chance check out Senator Harry Reid’s bill. On line poker will be back. It is only a matter of taxes and how they will be paid. Unfortunatley most do not understand what happens in Washington DC. I saw this coming over a year ago and stopped playing on line. Were all you complainers that blind? DOj has no choice in this matter. Educate yourself on what was really going on. Serious crimes were being committed.
To the ass that stated that Canada belongs to the US….I am up $140.00 so far this morning playing on FullTilt…..How are you doing………oh!…. cannot play on FullTilt you say…..move to Canada.
go to fulltiltpoker.co.uk and download again, your account will pop up as soon as download finishes……..works in Canada and there are people from the U.S. on the real money tables too.
If they are guilty of fraud and money laundering, they could have been cheating people at the poker tables…and considering how many people believed these sites were cheating us…Maybe this will be a good thing…short of all the people who will lose money.
Americans love to respect the law, except when is about gambling.
Online is such a rigged joke.And as Americans You have no recourse when it comes to your money in these “legititmate” poker sites . Kiss your cash goodbye lol
Facking americans.. Always the same storie, why the hell i have to pay the s**t if i’m not american? the post is really good if you are american but how the hell i suppose to withdrawal my money if i’m european?
America and a auite a few americans stinks.. stop thinking you are facking god you twats..
live and let live
all i can say is hahahaha to all americans
I just got my money this past Tuesday after waiting over 2 months and then they get shut down Friday…..lol…Lucky me. Some poor bastards had thousands in there. They can keep my 17 cents. I don’t think they can withdraw deposits I made dating back to last November some time. Another 500 I save. I was getting sick of Full Tilt anyway….freakin cheatin bastards.
FULL TILT would be the WORST ever site for withdrawing money. They have no respect for their players/members. Only supply email support (VERY SLOW – usually at least 7 days plus for a reply) – NO phone contact – and now, no announcement to the public about this major event and no email notification to the players (Pokerstars has done both to assure players that money is safe still). All Fulltilt has ever cared about is laundering money and breaking the law. If the site ever comes back online – ALL of us should withdraw our money, the pro’s should distance themselves from supporting this corrupt/gangster organisation (CEO included as he would have known all about the shady dealings). Lets all band together and bouycott this business that has shown corruption from its head which has obviously filtered all the way down through the whole organisation. CAN YA SEE THE SIGNS NOW. They are reaping what they have sown
Will I get a check? I withdrew $2000 on April 11th? or it is too late?
AMERICANS AND FRIENDS, its a step too far, your goverment has screwed you tooo hard for tooo long, ITS time to wake up and see the light
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (the corporation) needs to be taken down!!!!
They have slaved you to debt
taken your houses
taken away your rights
with the 911 inside job they try to make you think they have the right to invade whoever they want
at airport “security” they scan your bodies to see you naked and grope your children
the goverment are puppets, the FBI, CIA, BANKERS AND ELITE that controll you and they have no right!!
……………………………………..
but taking your poker!! thats a step too far!!!
and now its personal!!!
…………………………………..
build family/ comunity bunkers!
grow your own food, and store as much as you can!
buy GOLD and SILVER before your money becomes worthless!
buy water purification systems!
try to make your own energy!
Get Guns and a sh1t load of ammo!!
IT WILL GET A LOT WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER
they have Already built consentration camps for you
and set up the plans for martial law
THE END IS NEAR
Our government is the ultimate form of organized crime. Their just pissed their not getting any of the money. Al Gore can get filthy rich off global warming but I can’t win $10 playing online poker. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
non-americans can still access full tilt. uninstall the software then reinstall from fulltiltpoker.co.uk. your account will be there.
Yeah, I’m sure all you mouthbreathers and chuckleheads (the american ones at least) were equally outraged when the law was passed way back in 2006 by a REPUBLICAN CONGRESS and signed into effect by the stupidest president in modern history. Idiots.
I’ve read the U.S. Code Sections the FBI is citing to justify their actions. Full Tilt does not qualify as an “illegal gambling business” under Section 1955. And Section 981 on seizures does not apply to Section 1955, It’s a totally bogus seizure of our property without due process of law. The prosecutors who have done this appear to be personally liable under Section 1983 for violating your constitutional rights under color of law. If any of you have significant money involved I would seriously consider taking your case to a constituitonal lawyer. Or perhaps a group could get together. I am not sure if you can file a class action under Section 1983, but I would think some lawyer would be interested since billions of dollars are involved and I believe Section 1983 calls for both actual and punitive damages.
People need to complain to their Congressmen and Senators. These representatives need to be inundated and reminded that tens of millions of voters play online poker. They also need to complain to the US Attorney for the Southern District of NY. They should also consider their rights under Section 1983 since from what I can discern these individuals are operating in bad faith if they are relying on the sections of the U.S. Code they cite on the commandeered sites. A class action needs to be filed.
now that all of the american poker donks are gone =( it will be tougher to win
always thought usa was a dum country…the FBI just proofed it
Thank you U S government. In ten years you cannot capture Bin Laden but you sure can crack down on a bunch of nickel and diime poker players who harm no one.
I spent many hours playing because I am old and it is tough for me to get around. Online poker was one of the few pleasures I had in life.
Thanks for nothing
what is ashame is the 46 inch dildo in the F.B.I’S a*****e that has reached their tonsils. i have 46,343.78 in my account that ive built/accumulated and manipulated for 2 and a half years. im gona kill everybody!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i cant pay my mortgage.
F*CK THE GOVERNMENT! WE HAD LESS TAXES AND MORE FREEDOM IN THE 1700′S. ITS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION! I’D LEAVE THIS DAMN COUNTRY IF I HAD HALF A CHANCE!
i want everyone to post how much they have frozen….it is fun to read about that
all gamblers die broke
I have $380,000 in my account where’s my fkin money?
Good riddance. This site was rigged anyway. No pocket pairs for hands on end, then all the sudden 3 pocket pairs in once hand. This happened all the time. I play live poker too and this doesn’t happen nearly as often.
how do i get my money back
you are f**ked, no one will get their money out… don’t you understand that PS , FT, and UB do not have your money , they have their money , and thus they will never pay it back, most of the players money is moved to one of ther 14 banks, and no one , and I mean no one will ever figure out how to get it back. Thanks to Phil Helmuth for hem getting the info out to all…
Just get it over with and create U.S. online poker sites…Feds collect the 5% rake..or let independents run it at 4% and all money bet they get 1 %
None of you will likely see any of your deposits again. If you were involved with cash play, and it is found to be illegal, they will seize your cash too. They may even indite all of you with illegal gambling. It will be a cold day in hell before the government lets go of any money it seizes.
how do i get my money out.I”m in australia and cant get on
WTF back the Tea Party because the FBI is trying to push Full Tilt around? This has been going on LONG before Obama was elected. Be patient email congress and the senate, The amount of money spent by Full Tilt on advertising will get the networks to go after the FBI.
I had money in there too and now ill never see it again probably….. this is bs man why does it seem like everything is goin to s**ts!!! i cant believe our stupid ass government!!! taking money away from citizens because someone else was not paying their taxes!!! we didnt do anything illegal damnit!! We were playing a game. they were laundering money… give us our money and freedom back and penalize those responsible… AND f**k ALL U DUMBASS CANADIAN FAGS!!!! dont talk s**t.. this is not in our hands, as much as people think it is… REALLY!!! its not! freedom doesnt exist aye!!! QUEERS!!!!
Im an Australian and i went to do an update on FT, I couldnt get on, I then downloaded Fulltiltpoker.co.UK, fulltiltpoker.net and fulltiltpoker.org STILL i cant get on
lol the hell with full tilt. Thats what you get for not answering my e-mails and giving me bad after bad beat. lol
I WONDER HOW MANY F,B.I AGENTS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICALS HAVE AND AN ACCOUNT WITH THESE 3 SITES?
FT/PS you had it coming. Good on ya! Its about time the rigged sites got taken down!!!
SCREW THE FBI!!
we dont need america, they have no right to stomp all over the
world claiming Laws have been broken,
IT AINT OUR LAWS!!!
get back to your own damn country and suck it
DROP THE DOLLAR!!!!
PROTEST THEIR “CRUSADE” WARS
GO SOMEWHERE ELSE FOR VACATION
BASE THE POKER SITES IN IRAN!!!
AND EVERYBODY SEND 10 EMAILS A DAY TO THE FBI
AND GET YOUR OWN GOVERMENTS TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THEM
Is it about online poker or is it about the charges: conspiracy to commit fraud, illegally coerced U.S. banks into processing payments, etc. How come no one is commenting on these charges?
everybody knows these sites are unfair and rigged.come my aces always get called with a 9,4 or a 3, 8 and i lose everytime but i always cash in live tournys.finally these site owners are gonna take it in the rear just like they have been giving it.
everybody knows these sites are unfair and rigged.comeon my aces always get called with a 9,4 or a 3, 8 and i lose everytime but i always cash in live tournys.finally these site owners are gonna take it in the rear just like they have been giving it.
I had 10.000$ in full tilt and pokerstars i am from Albania Europe and i can not get on to these sites again.. I am happy in a way because Full tilt was f**kin rigged site and they were laundering money there ( Gus hansen, Skjervoy, Xwink.. and many other bastards that used to play with more than 1milllion dollars in the tables) I hope full tilt dies for ever but i need my money back if full tilt doesnt pay me back i am going to sue them f**kin morons f**k FULL TILT AND FBI AND LONG LIVE USA!
for all of you who want to leave the US, where you gonna go? read the damn forum, all of the others countries are laughing at you. our government has made us a most hated country. wake the f**k up and start paying attention to what is happening in this country. it is no longer for the people by the people…….
Wheres my 7 bucks?????
for all U.S players with money stuck on full tilt…there is the transfer money to another player option i advise to find someone in canada or whereever that u trust and transfer ur money and have them withdrawl it before its to late
The US goverment just want a 30% kick back and then all the fat pigs will be able to belly up to the trough and the sites will be back up and running.
I need my damn 50 cent back!!!!
To the people who are twatting on about joining the Tea Party – what a bunch of idiots.
Rant and rave about the government supposedly stealing your money so you run into the arms of the most corrupt. money grubbing bunch of jackals there are – priceless.
try .co.uk version heard that mite work
This is ridiculous! Land of the Free, Freedom of Choice, just good ole Uncle Sam trying to TAKE more away from the American People! ALOT of us had money in our accounts that we now have no access too. BS! Makes me feel like leaving the US, this country needs an enema!
Since it’s the good ole USA I’m sure this isn’t going to be settled anytime soon. So my question is where are you going to sign up and play? I have looked at a couple other sites, just not sure so does anyone have any suggestions pro or con?
I Want My Two Dollars !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So am I to assume that if I do actually receive my two “checks by mail”, which I withdrew several weeks back for $1200 and $1400 that they will bounce if I deposit them?
why can we play full tilt lose a game lose your money but not withdraw….the only options are….wim more games …increase your purse ..knowing you cant take it out….or lose everything you have in the account..and go bust……its like playing games with play money ..just not!!!!…..
I would guess, Obama got tired of losing on the river…and decided to shut down the sites He played at, revenge of course…but I am sure..He cleaned out His accounts first….
Simple..Obama, is for Obama… He may talk a good talk…I will admit that is a gift, but it is the only gift He has…I think all the monies they will confiscate, will bring down the budget deficet by none…as it will be distributed amongst the chosen…a sad state of affairs… and truthfully…more and more countries are looking better..
I will hold defintive judgement..till I see what the Goverment has planned…I do not know that yet
Psst…FYI…try suing some of the big poker names e.g. Howard Lederer, Annie Duke, Jesus Ferguson (the list continues…they are some of the principals in Full Tilt) in civil court for your money. And they all thought it was senseless when they had to answer supoenas a month ago.
This is great, I just love it that there are no americans on this site anymore. All you ever hear from the americans is how better they are then everyone else, and now all you hear is them b***hing like little children. If any of you lazy dumb americans just stood up for your rights you just might be able to say you live in the land of the free. Its a government “of the people for the people”, but you treat your governemt like they are higher then you. Just because you voted them in does not mean you have to let them set the rules for you. If you feel that thay are not doing something that is in best interest of the country then it up to you to change something. So for the last time stop b***hing and start actually doing something about it. Long live Canada the true home of the free lol.
If the millions of affected poker players would just hold a rally in washington…the sheer numbers would reign supreme..think about it
f**k the Government
you can still download fulltiltpoker.net and play the free games
You guys who are blaming Obama for the US closure of internet poker have forgotten quickly. UIGEA was passed in 2006, during Bush’s time. So blame Bush, OK?
If you are a US resident with money in these sites, I’d say with 99% certainty that you’ve done your money cold. International players may well be in the same boat, as without the American market, all of these sites would probably fold tomorrow.
Not trying to be rude or anything but I always wondered why these sites were able to operate so openly when the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act gave no clear definition as to what was gambling and what wasn’t. As an umbrella type law, I think the government has a strong case in labeling online poker wagering as “gambling”. Certainly the actions of the US Attorney and DOJ indicate they believe they do.
Here in Brisbane Australia the press has speculated for almost two years on one Daniel Tzvetkoff. Tzvetkoff was the link man between poker sites and poker players, acting as middleman to get the cash from player to site or vice versa. He did this through fraudulent transactions – showing poker deposits and withdrawals as service fees or for general merchandise. In return for this service, Daniel Tzvetkoff was alleged to be raking $150k a day from one site alone.
Unfortunately, he got greedy. Seeing the sites had no legal recourse he is alleged to have helped himself to $100 million of their money, on top of what they were paying him.
The sites dumped him; of course, and thats where the story should end. Except Tzvetkoff showed up at a Las Vegas convention for online poker as if nothing was wrong. Someone who disliked him and knew he was in town tipped off the Feds, and he was arrested the next day and charged with money laundering.
Tzvetkoff sang like the proverbial canary. As the middleman he had the complete overview of how the system worked – how players were able to get their money to the site and how the sites were able to repatriate it to the tax havens they operate out of.
The right wing rants of people blaming Obama are missing the point, as are the conspiracy theorists blaming “Las Vegas casinos trying to stamp out competition”. That is all total total crap I assure you. The issue was that these companies were – allegedly – acting illegally by enabling online poker in the United States. An ambitious U.S Attorney had Daniel Tzvetkoff come across his desk, leant on him, and is now using the information to launch prosecutions. High profile cases like this make careers – Rudy G, the former mayor of New York will attest having made his name on the “Insider Trading” cases of the nineteen eighties whilst he was a former US Attorney.
Regardless of whether poker is truly gambling – even by the definitions of the UIGEA – the real issue is the money laundering and illegal wire transfers. With Tzvetkoff in the bag so to speak, the Feds have a very very strong case.
Once again, I don’t think this is an attack on freedom, or a revenue grab, or a conspiracy or anything else. It’s simply an ass of law that has been blatantly broken, and an ambitious man using it to make his name.
Unfortunately for everyone in the U.S – and perhaps anywhere else – that has money with these sites, I’m 99% sure it’s gone. As proceeds of a “continuing and systematic criminal enterprise” the cash will go straight to the U.S Treasury.
Thats how I see it.
anyone know if deposits not out of ur bank will be taken out u put on months ago?
It’s all too funny.
I’m still playing ftp and winning more..
The frequent bad beats went with the donks. LMFAO
I WANT TO PLAY SOME f**kING POKER FOR REAL MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!f**k THIS BULLs**t!!!!!!!!!!!!WHERES THE PETITION?????
fulltilt has been withdrawing money from my bank account on file for about a week know without me knowing
u usa people are all idiots u sound like a bunch of losers. why dont u get out of your parents basement and get some sunlight and meet some real people and play some real poker “live poker” s**t u guys sound like a bunch of idiots there are more important issues out there u should be protesting. retards
I have a coupon for a sit n go tournament can i still play can i get my coupon back
I just checked my checking account. I’ve not been on fulltilt for months, yet they have taken over $1,300 in 8 seperate transactions out of my checking in the last month alone, In amounts ranging from $75 to $400. How is this possible that they could be stealing this money?????? I will put a stop on this account tomorrow to prevent further theft.
I have to say the US government is starting to fall apart, its been so since back when Bush was put in office at the turn of the century. I guess they figure, new century, time to tighten the noose around the US population even more.
.Now they are spending so much money no one can keep track. All in the name of “fixing the economy”, and now they want to rip off online poker players to. Wake the hell up Congress, your back stabbing, cut throat methods to get a vote are going to put not only the US population out of work, but you yourselves will be unemployed, and all that money your printing will be about as valuable as a box of sand.
Sleep well tonight you greedy bastards, it may be the last time you have a bed to sleep in.
hey mark, just read ur post. close ur bank account immediatly. they took a total of $250 in three seperate transactions from my account on file. they took a total of $150 from my dads and my friends account they haven’t played on fulltilt in forever. we all had to close our accounts asap. crazy s**t’s going on these days.
i got double charged on full tilt will i ever see that money again?
Just like downloading free music, gambling will live on… they will never catch up to the growth of gambling online
please approve my comment, its good stuff!!
If they are stealing money I am closing my account to, because I have had nothing with terrible service dealing with them and all their 3rd party processors
I had withdrawn $850 the week before and i had received the check from Full tilt and cahsed it and it was showing cleared in my checking account. Today my account is minus $650 because the FBI seized the FT money!!!! FU FBI
I live very close to the canadian border, is it legal for a u.s. citizen to play online poker if they are stationed in canada?
I’m Canadian and am still playing(real money) on Full Tilt
GOOD !!! Shut that scam Full Tilt down! They are a scam using computer bots to play live players. Call the Only line you can get through to: “Tilt Pay Support” After I called them many times I finally got them to admit they are connected and a part of Full Tilt Poker. Call and hound them: 888-845-8729 Location: Ireland
It explains why my AA lose all the time against everything else, glad someone is getting involved in this, cause its so hard to try and make money off tilt, its all a scam.
I’ve got 4 cents in my account. I can’t afford to lose this money. What can I do?
Land of the free!!!!! lol
I have had alot of bad beats on full tilt and I often wondered if the site was legitimate but then I went to Las Vegas and played in a live tourney and my pocket aces got beat by someone who should have never been in the pot. It is just the luck of the draw. I watch poker on TV and I also see alot of bad beats. I am going to miss playing on full tilt. This is the land of the free??????? RIGHT!!!
Some kind of bs!! 1500.00 seized and my last check f**kin bounced! Just when things started looking up all this s**t goes down.f**k!!!!!!!!!!
the only reason y ppl think full tilt is rigged bc you see twice as many hands as you do live poker. therefore you see a lot more bad beats
Im in Australia. I can play. hahaha
I WANT MY MONEY FULL TILT AND THE US GOVERMENT NOW!!!!
YOU BASTARDS WILL GET SUED!!! AND I HAVE RECORD OF FULLTILT WITHDRAWING MONEY OUT OF MY ACCOUNT MORE THAN THEY SHOULD…
f**k YOU FULLTILT
THIS IS SOME CRAZY s**t
I have been trying to withdrawl my money and they keep giving me a canned response……I am from Canada these scum are going to tak all your cash best to get out while you can
Wow what a joke. I have over $2800.00 I cant get too.
I think fulltilt poker is a rip off. One time there was 5 A’s that showed up. Also once I had 4 kings and I got beat with 4 Aces, what’s the chances! No one evers win at fulltilt poker.
fult tilt is gay i had 2000 dollars in my acount all then sudden i had nothing they sem that ia billion dollars aint worth what i will do aid it is like it was all erased it wa\s migic cant even find proof i want to find these crooks and show them a billion aint worth what i will do
one time i got beat with 5 aces. damn fool had 6 jacks. fkn jokers.
Dont blame the FBI, they are just investigators, blame the US lawmakers.
This is Vegas being paid back for a little help by the labor unionsto get their crook re-elected. Boycott VEGAS!!!!!!
FBI ur a little to late you f**kers i already lost all my money… : (
A response to my attempt in withdrawing my money.
Hello Michael,
I can see that you?ve contacted us under our support.net email address.
FullTiltPoker.net and FullTiltPoker.org are for playing with play money only.
The use of real money is not possible on these sites, therefore we are unable to provide you with the requested information.
Please double check the receiver?s email address and contact us back. We?ll be happy to assist you further.
We appreciate you cooperation and understanding.
Regards,
Maki
Full Tilt Poker Support
Drug use, health care, welfare, education…. The middle east, oil prices, UN support, the worthless US dollar…. Of all the problems you have at home and internationally, online poker is at the top of the FBI’s problem list? What the f**k is wrong with your country? This is yet another example of why the rest of the world respects you less and less every day.
if its so illegal why do firefighters,lawyers and law enforcement officers(aka.police) play
THIS IS AN EXAM’LE OF A FREE COUNTRY SHUT DOWN.LOCK AND LOAD MY FRIENDS ITS ONLY GOING TO GET WORSSE FROM HERE……..THEY HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO STOP THIS WEBSITE BUT THEY CANT STOP THE US GOV. FROM ROBBING ALL AMERICANS OF OUT LIFE…THEY GIVE ALL THE US WORK TO CHINA VIETNAM ????? AND OTHERS….WHEN WILL IT STOP……I ONLY PLAY FOR FUN BUT SEE POKER AS THE ONLY JOB ILL BE ABLE TO DO AS A SENIOR GET THE JAILS READY AS A WHOLEW LOT OF BABY BOOMER WILL BE THERE SOON!
I had about $30 in my account. I never put a lot in because I truly only played for fun once in a while. I’m not really concerned about the money but it stinks that I can’t play anymore. The only reason I played real money was because the free games we ridiculous with all in every hand.
fck full tilt .those fkin crooks ! i quit playing on that site years ago . i had 3 , 200 dollars in my acount and when i asked them for a cash out they said to send a copy of my drivers lisence and bank account records ,so i did .they emailed me back saying it was all grainy and fuzzy and they couldnt read it .this went on for months and months !! they refused to cash me out and i never received my funds !! any body else get this cash out run around from these clowns ?
to bill….they froze my account once and asked me for proof of address and passport before re-opening my account and i found it abit iffy so i opened a new account instead
sucks t be you guys who have left thousands of dollars in your accounts!!!!! If I had that kind of money on a poker site I certainly would have asked for some of it long b4 they shut the sight down in the US. Good luck to you getting your money – you played for it and you deserve it but don’t hold out too much hope n getting it back. Learn from this people
Anyone know when the governement is even planning on pursuing this issue? A lot of people cannot get thier money, and if our Governement benefits from this lawsuit, how in the world are they going to determine what citizens of the US, recieve partial payment of thier money back. so many people have lost so much money from this incident.
they have to get a real money site for hold em and other games like pker stars did here for U>S> players only or with the world too. We shouldn’t be left out of the fun and challenges they enjoy.
If FTP found guilty of fraud. Are we going to get our money back? I’ve lost thousands of $.
i cave not currently live in Canada, still playing FTP everyday, we have not been affected. Withdrawls are still a problem, massive delays. i think they are trying to calculate & process american transactions. i miss taking $$ from americans, now i have to play losers from russia europe, china…..blah
The FBI is worse than the Gestapo. Washington DC needs to go.
this country f**ks us all, if i can’t play online no problem, just make sure that i can play nowhere,
if gambling is wrong so it should be wrong anywhere.
and about full tilt i have my thought as well…. i am happy that it happen to them!! why?? cause they are f**kers, the take your money on the spot but for payoff you have to wait 2-3 weeks if at all …. so im happy that they got f**ked and im pissed that we got it 2 …lmao
im still proud to be an american even tho things are bad right now. This is total bull##### about the poker the government just has their handout like everyone else in the world. once they can tax it then it will be allowed again. As for all you united states haters, we are the first country you will call when something happens to your own country, because we are the only ones who are capable of kicking a55. Canada is a bunch of puss###. Do they even have an army.
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FU## Canada, as far as im concerned they are just an extension of France and all those puss### who we have bailed out of trouble time and time again. As far as the money we lost its your own dumb a55 fault for keepin that much money on there (who does that) idiots. As for the 5 bucks i lost, put it towards give it to some homeless canadian.
F**K FULL TILT AP AND POKER STARS THEY HAD UNFAIR POKER SITES MEANING THAT THEY FAVORED THE BIG CHIP IN THE HAND TO KNOCK OUT LITTLE CHIP TO UP THEIR ENTRIES IN OTHER TOURNEYS THAT THE PERSON WITH LOW CHIPS WAS FORCED TO ENTER
I have now lost $10,000 because of the shutdown. This will cause me to be short on my mortgage and will likely file bankruptcy. This will cost the government way more than the $10,000 they stole from me because my mortgage is backed by the government. Two wrongs make a right?
OUT WITH OBAMA…..HE IS TAKING ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS AWAY!
The US government has become so full of its own power and bulls**t that it thinks it can dictate policy around the world. You take my tax dollars and then use it seize my poker funds. Listen you idiots… if you legalize poker in the US maybe moral finger-f**ks could start paying down the deficit.
to all us-players, we miss u on pokerstars,without us.players is so boring now scoop on ps without us.p damm it,i am from switzerland,if a free country exist then switzerland,us- is just on papers free country,us is like komunist state before,soorry about this,,the reason why they shut down PS and FULLTILT (fulltillt is the best s**t anyway hehe) was i think the TALIBAN and alkaida have some ppokerplayers on ps and fulltillt and ofcorse they have to shut down hahahahaahhahhahahahaah……………so i go to play is starting the 11rebuy allllllllll innnnnn calllllllllllllllllllllll yeahhhh,,cash out in 48hours yess babyyy this is EUROPEEEEEEEEEE yesss
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLO
Yet again our government takes away another freedom. We need to fire every single politician and start over. America needs a revolution.
Thats it i’m movin’ to Canada!’
This is absolutely INSANE!!! Ok, the Feds shutdown the Full Tilt Poker site. How in the hell can they simply not refund our money we have in our Full Tilt Accounts!!!
whay i cont go in to full tilt
Some of you Americans are such dumb asses.
It was BUSH that started this not OBAMA!!!! I’m Canadian and know the difference FFS.
Home of the free…I think not.
Learn your system and protect your rights like we do.
Sorry….as a Canadian….I’ve never been BUSHwacked!!!
Has anyone tried installing the software on a new computer via proxy server (so that Full Tilt thinks you’re in Germany) and creating a new account. Then, logging out. And logging in with your old account, still from Germany proxy server (google how to do it) and having your money sent to a post office in Germany that will receive, and then forward your mail to you in the US?
hint hint give it a try peeps.
Go play on another site quit crying
Thankfully I live in Canada…the dollar is even higher here now. Stupid Americans.
Full tilt and poker stars have been thieves for quite a while. They claim it’s poker….lmao. The software is a joke. These owners all deserve alot of time in prison. Maybe the pro’s that supported these sites should be looked at too.
If you wanna gamble do it legally in Nevada and don’t get screwed by algorithms that programmers have blogged and admitted to screwing you out of money. It has been admitted that Online poker is set up to bilk you out of your hard earned money. For example: Online poker has set up a flush algorithm so the player with the flush goes all in. But suprise suprise! They other dude has a straight flush! They do it all the time on these types of sites and say the odds are completely the opposite. If anything the FBI is trying to protect you from some way lame tactics that will eventually make you lose in the long run period. Further, the FBI is preventing FullTilt from doing shady business with very illegal operations. If you really think the country is high jacked then maybe people will finally start to vote for real people and not puppets who know how to use the system. Sorry to all of you who have your money locked up. Hopefully they will release it soon! Think of it as a savings plan for now and fight to get your money back. Unfortunately for me, I got hooked on these poker sites while I was on depression meds and lost 10′s of thousands of dollars! I was way depressed and so stressed out I did not care and went all in when I had a flush! Suprise suprise! Just as the programmers admitted, the other guy had a straight flush this did not just happen to me! Others too! That is why the FBI has also shut this down. Although, I am not sad they did. It is preventing thousands of families from having someone kill them selves when they lose all their money and don’t know how to explain to their families why they did this. It is also currently protecting families from divorce and so much more harm! I am glad this site is gone!
James Bond you are a moron
then the goverment should form a company to head up the poker site so we can play and they can tax the fuk or what the want and it would be a win win but dont keep my fuken money in the mean time
i agree with anonymous
the anonymous I agreed with was the June 14th one lol
I had almost $300 in my account and tried to withdraw and it just sat there for several weeks, when writing to FT they say it takes time…well I finally decided to try something and it worked. I canceled my withdrawal and the sent some money to my sister’s account and some to my friend’s account and kept some myself..we all played a few games then at different times withdrew SMALL amounts and it worked I finally got all my money out! not saying it would work for all but it did for me
the us gov seems to act like people are there personal property,therefore you have no rites!
F***ing FBI.
Best laugh I’ve had for weeks.
If the US enjoys this so-called ‘freedom’, then I’m happy being elsewhere.
Can’t wait to read about US citizens being apprehended trying to escape into Puerto Rico and Cuba…not to mention all those complaining on here being shown the way to a spell in the slammer. LOL.
WOMAN HAVE JUST AS MUCH RIGHT TO PLAY POKER AS A MAN DOSE SO GET OVER IT.
AND ANY AS FOR THE GOV. HOPE THEY DONT ASK FOR MY VOTE , GIVE US BACK OURE FULLTILTPOKER.
THE GOV, HAS NO RIGHT TELLING US WHAT WE CAN AND CANT DO IN OUR OWN HOMES. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO TELL US WHAT WE CAN AND CANT DO WITH OUR MONEY THAT WE WORKED FOR.
LAND OF THE FREE MY ASS.
WE LESS GOV. NOT MORE.
I AGREE WITH FRED.
WE SURE DIDNT NEED HIM IN OFFICE.
OUT WITH OBAMA…..HE IS TAKING ALL OF OUR FREEDOMS AWAY!
I AGREE 100%
JAMES BOND
YOU ARE AN IDIOT.
For those of you going off on a tangent without any idea what you are talking about, try looking up why the site is shut down…they were not paying out winnings in a timely manner to the patrons on their sites….nothing to do with the government hating gambling, not Obama, simple business ethics.
I have 21 cents tied up in this mess. Anyone have the name of a good attorney? I want it back!!!!
F***ing Americans, I make a doctors’ salary on full tilt. But now I’m being affected by your corrupt as f**k government. Being a canadian I’ve always been able to remain emotionally neutral to America’s bazarre international and local activities. Until now, that is. Do Americans honestly not understand the terrorists’ hatred and overall international animosity towards them. The fact is they stick their noses where they don’t belong and it’s just now starting to spill over to the free worlds. Of course I use “free” loosely here. Anyway, No matter how one feels about on-line poker and the industry as a whole, one thing is clear, FREEDOM must include gambling, whether it’s friends sitting around a table or at the casino or on-line. Not whether the government gets its cut. Who do think they are, the mafia? F***ing unbelievable, rise up you fat f***ing americans and do something!
While I’m waiting for my other comment to be approved; God your one stupid man James Bond. I mean WOW. I wanna say so much more but I’m speechless. Strange feeling, never been speechless before.
f**king idiot…just close real money…i need play money back
play money for fun man…please reopen it
give me back my money!!!
since everyone here is a gambler, i will bet you that the U.S. get HIT again because the FBI is focusing ALL there attention on poker sites and not TERRORIST.
USA is going deeper and deeper into fascism. I would not be surprised that WW3 will be the world against USA. That’s so lame!!! Gimme my f**king cash back you goverment f**ktards
I think it should be painfully obvious what sort of people ran Full Tilt. Blame Obama, Bush, the FBI, the American government, whoever you like, but Full Tilt is responsible for their customers money and should, like Poker Stars , return it. I’ve played online poker for years because I enjoy poker, even though I never once trusted its integrity. Never again !! It”s just one more turd floating in the cyber cesspool.
I thought this was about Poker ? What’s with ‘F*****g, Americans, Canadians, French etc. Why are u attacking each other ??? We’re all just Poker players who are upset that we can’t play. I’d think bonding together against it’s closure would make more sense.
I’ve been saying for years online poker in general, was a fraud, why would sites risk billions in revenue, people would say, government is not at fault here, the people that run these sites and they’re greed is and was the problem, online poker is unregulated, why do you think these site had they’re sites in remote offshore islands, they risked cause they knew they could, but, not anymore…anyone who has played these sites and anyone with a general knowledge of poker could see that there was something wrong from everything to withdrawing money to rigged decks……people need to get there heads out of there asses and realize online poker is a scam, people need to realize that online poker is a computer game that it is programmed, that said one can conclude that the hands themselves are programmed, there was and is nothing random about the decks at all, they too are programmed…..these sites played to ignorance, and they found that with online poker, the only people who didn’t see that it was rigged was the stupid dumb ass donkeys that fluked hands or in Absolute Poker’s case, knew what cards were coming, remember that folks….
dam has 50$ bucks put in ere…..w**kers
I have been playing on full tilt PLAY MONEY for years..and I enjoy it..its a good past time..now whayt am i going to do when I cant sleep or dont have to work..Thanks a lot FBI a*****es..you could keep the play money slection up and running
went to play free money on full tilt and its gone thats stupid it was play money now today i cant even get on pure play i wonder why that is?
im 77 yrs old and physically unable to do very much. playing fun poker was my dayallways forsome a*****e f things up
it’s not just america. I’m in australia and i cant get onto fulltilt. Mine doesnt come up with a FBI logo though just keeps saying their site is under maintence. Its being doing this for about 4 days now.
All I play is the play money games. What was so destructive and illegal about that? I assume that playing solitaire on the computer will soon be shut down as well. What a country!
LAND OF FREE PEOPLE ??? how amusing is that.. Instead of all the s**t that happens out there they had to ban online poker…
Y not ban facebook, gmail, google and make browsing illegal.. So that man can go back 50 years into the past.. moth****ukers… s**t on u guys…
I I FINALLY WIN A TOURNEY, HAVE A COUPLE OF THOUSAND IN MY ACCOUNT AND THEY WON’T GIVE IT TO ME. bastards
usa a o gay
worse then the fu#*ing gustpo
Full Tilt, is not totally shut down, i just looked on officialpokerrankings.com…… THERE STILL PLAYING ???
There still playing look up ( luckyleo80) or ( phatcat1 ) on officialpokerrankings.com…shows they played July,01,2011.
where is my money?? the goverment and phony politicos stole it.what a scam.it’s all about vegas getting in the online poker bussiness-watch
think the gov. is in your pockets and on your back now wait it will get worse. vlademire oboma will have us all broke before its over. and your woried about a few dollers you lost on fulltilt. ha ha
y cant we steel play for free this is a bunch of bull s**t
There’s a lot of hate being posted on this site and most of it is being directed at American interference where it isn’t needed or wanted.
If there are individuals who are guilty of criminal activity, then arrest them and leave the rest of us alone.
If an individual at Ford Motor Co was guilty of criminal activity, would they close Ford Motor Co.?
American interference? Regulation? Control? well it’s none of these because it’s simply the Mob in Vegas taking back lost territory.
I live in Canada and Full tilt poker has been shut down for 5 days now? I have had some big wins on the site but James Bond has a very good point. Once you have a big win you lose, lose, lose until your account is drained.
weeks ago i left pokerstars because my results where to bad to believe . went to fulltilt and did much better. well better, i will never get my winnings anyway,because the fbi frooze their assets and therefore they could’t pay out other players .
Pokerstars “proved” me many times that their shuffling is pure random ,and you know i believe them. BUT at almost every cash table one player can “see’ WHAT THE RIVERCARD will be . so called PS robots!
I also live in canada and same thing here grrr
Where can we US Citizens go to Play Poker, with No Real Money?
You all are defending fultillt, but think about it!!! If they were cheating this way, money loundering and so, it is obvious that they also steal the players money, so how can you defend them? I am a very good poker player and only lost in online poker. Somebody say unluck, somebody says stats, someboy possibilities, I say the game was rigged since the beginning. I hope they all get a lifelong sentence.
fultilt is a scam from day one, it came across as a evil
there no phone line customer service, there sick runner runner bad beats 5 people at a table every one has 2pair or better may be it was not even a set up ..i play all the site and fultilt
is a set up they use all the pro to talk sh i-t they suck watch them live .. i feel bad for all who lost there money but fultilt refused to pay out . that is the reason there close if they were paying even the rest of the world they would be in bizzz– still fucc them hope they go to jail too ..hope it all work out for starzz.
My husband and I just play for fun no real money involved. It actually kept us busy outside of the casinos. Why are the “play” money games shut down as well? We tried several other sites but none compare to FTP.
greedy bastards!!!!!! send them to jail forever !!!!!! im not the greatest at poker but i like to play and they have taken that away from me i only had like $70 in on fulltilt but that kept me going at the tables …..and i like full tilt site ….hope it will just be over with and reopen the site so i can play its not all about getting my money back …but im sure alot of people have thousands in they’re accounts and its not right……gl with it guys ….see u at the tables soon!!!!!
I live in Canada and still have a few grand in my account…..wsill i ever see that money or did the Us government (which we all know……controls the world) or did they use it to fund both bull s**t wars they are trying to pull out of…yeah right.
Signed, Punished by Association
NAFTA worse unilatleral agreement ever
Im in australia and i cant get on to full tilt to get the rest of my money
still unable to access my account, I am Canadian what the hell?????
il put my name so they know who it is , you fkn low life scum bags full tilt , i had hands that i couldnt possibly lose and used to push all in and sum fkn low dog would call with nothing in his hand and end up fkn winning , nothing but a fkn scam i lost 170k in less than a year , i hope u fkn rot in hell you mother f**kers , im gna fuk your souls when you are dead u low DOGS HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILYS ALL GET SICK AND DIE
I am from Australia and I have over $800 in my account and I cant even login to Fulltilt to try and withdraw my money this is total crap
in your face usa. now go fetch me some hootch
i had fun on fulltilt it was play money wasnt it ? NOW WHAT DO i DO ?
WHAT IS GOING ON ?
I`m from Norway, and FT shut down here 4 days ago. I`ve been playing every day before that. The website says that it is down for maitenance… What is happening???
About time someone in FT management make a statement on what`s going on!!
Wait, I’ve never played for real money on any poker site. I only played with fake chips etc…. and the site won’t even load for me anymore! Whats the big deal if i’m just going to play with fake chips. The free side of it should still be available. I hope everyone gets their money back however, whether the government says it’s illegal to do so etc… it’s still YOUR money not theirs!
Unfortunately too many of you folks missed the point. If a company is performing illegal actions they must be investigated. FTP is one big money laundering facility which cowars from paying taxes. By the way, Canada belongs to Canadians, not the USA. Our economy is leap years ahead of the USA’s who’s economy may possibly never completely recover. China owns the USA.
I have always played on full tilt and love the game,,but only play chips never for real money,, and I think it is a shame that we cannot get on to play just for the fun of it, for play chips. There is no other site that is as good as Full Tilt,, so lets get this settled and get Full Tilt back up…I feel bad for all of you players with real money in here…..The government should have nothing to do with us playing poker on line.. nothing at all,,Is this still a free country or what……………………………….
Bloody great reloaded acc with 50 dollars 15 min into my first S&G and sight shuts down didnt even have the pleasure of being sucked of with another bad beat another pissed of AUSSIE
u shouldve spent your money on pot or cocaine instead of something as harmless as poker.
Why can’t we play free poker?
Why can’t those of us who only played with fake chips still play?
FTP has now been closed. Tired of Americans carrying on about the money they have lost. Everyone around the world has lost money. At least now the government can make money from the corruption that goes on at casinos.
Easier for the government to close these sites so they can make more money in casinos. If I was a criminal I would be at the casino in Vegas. So looking forward to getting back to Aus. Over the US
Never playing on a US poker site again
keep your corruption in the casinos where you all benefit!
i have been warning people for years at FULL TILT that its a FULLY RIGGED site and you,all mocked me now take youre medicine and go on cryiny about getting screwed. i dont feel a bit sorry for any of you
Adrian you are not well informed:: USA has no on line poker sites LOL all on line poker sites are abroad // none in USA. they are just banned here
This is beyond my worst dreams, think of those who had over 100k on their accounts? what about the sponsored players? will they go broke?
WHY GOD? WHY!!?!?
You morons deposited your hard earned money into a corupt offshore entity aka fulltilt and they get busted dont repay the money you morons deposited..lol For those of you who are ready to uprise at your opressive government over a fing game..Meanwhile more importants rights have been taken from you knowingly or not..Is a testament to the generation of weak minded people the government can take pride in raising..Hey if taking your game away finally wakes you the fuk up awsome!
FBI are jerks…FTP rockz I play with funny money and chat to mates..now I cant booo to Yankz
so can anyone clarify ? i only had 300 dollars in there – is there any chance for reimbursement or is all of our money gone forever ? does anyone actually know ?
I live in Australia……I got $12,000 in my account…good few days before they shut down…easy come easy go i suppose….government over there running low on cash to pay the troops fighting overseas i suppose
America has taken the money so the f**kers can start another war.
Anyone who would have 14,15,16 thousand dollars in an on-line poker accoumt is crazy. Who would put real money in a game where you don’t know who or what ur playing against? There could be a table of 6 and 5 of those people could be in the same room. If I want to play for real money I’ll go to vegas or the casino near me. You were asking for trouble and you got it. I am sorry to see all these people lose their money.
Buy guns and gold my friends and military clothes they wont shoot one of their own when the S**t finally hits the fan.This government has to be takien out with force theres no other way.
had like $136,000.00 u.s. dollars some bulls**t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have never played on real money tables and never plan to. My friends and family all played the fake money tables. Now we can not even do that. As an american I am getting really sick and tired of our elected officials taking our freedoms from us left and right. You can bet your bottom f**king dollars I will not vote for anyone who is in office again.
tilt fvked me for 500 even more bad news come to france on my holls and gov band all online gambling ffs what is this world coming to
what about the other countries?????????????? I’m from Australia and have been a full tilt fan for a bit over six months. The americans can always find a way to f**k anything and everything. bring back full tilt to the rest of the uncorrupt world.
join the tea party we need to get the big government republicans and big government democrats on the side line
How do we get our money back?
all you people up there in city hall
you’re f***in it up for the people thats in the streets
this is a song for the people in the streets
not the people in city hall
all you motherf***ers in the streets
its time to rise up up up up
come along children and f’ing rise!
shut the f**k up
Who to say FULLTILT plays legit , would you think they have it all set up so they win, so how do we get our money back now? with a lawsuit.
We are in debt so the gov’t has to tax everyone and anyone. It’s their rules not ours anymore. Too bad these days the constitution is just a piece of paper with writing on it. This country needs a reboot.
whatever, its not the government. full tilt is stealing all your money. are you all stupid???
gov sucks obama’s little d***
thats why they call it gambling… put in .50 cents….win 500.00 dollars an think its all urs til u lose it ….now u hav 2 blame someone…its a game…get over it…as bad as it is…usa still is the best place 2 live…an ur money u lost…it was never urs anyway that was ur pride gettin in the way of ur life…
Im joining the Tea Party!
I had 400 bucks on full tilt. i guess its gone now. O well
I’ve been depositing hundreds of dollars and i knew i was getting ripped off why can i get my money back?
More Bulls**t!!
im in the us and i had 500 on fulll tilt i have yet to see my money in my account i guess the FBI is haveing lunch on me in New York
y cant i play fake money i jus play 4 fun and chat with friens so y cant i log in i put 10 bucks in real money years ago and spent like 8 u can have my 2 bucks i jus want 2 play poker with my friends so y cant i
i cant seem to get on to play with fake money anymore.
didnt realize what a*****es all these australian are.
Not being able to play for free is ridiculous! Make sure you all have guns….the Bill of Rights is on its way out….obviously.
Its time to rise up AMERICA!! WE are the fn government! Dont let the pussy ass pencil pushers tell you what to do!! OUR tax dollars run this government…dont forget that! Without us, the government has nothing and they are nothing! ForeFathers…….
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You were ALL scamed by those pokersites, this pokersites must return whatever funds you accrued overtime. This does not mean your funds were stolen. The sites were shutdown for unlawful activities including bank fraud, illegal gambling and money laundering big time. Please be assured players balances are safe. There is no cause for concern. As described on the site, the agency have taken the domain. Other countries have step-out and claimed charges against the founders and CEO’s of each company. Although, shutdown any pokersite on the FBI list, cannot continued business and internet gambling inside the US.
im from dublin in ireland and dem f**kin feds got my money 2,dont f**king make me go over der and kick ass,i want my money back
I never played for real money. But I find the site very intertaining. I am sorry to see this is happening. I miss it.
This is f**kin horse s**t. f**k the U.S. Government
Scammed by Full Tilt while the FBI seizes Millions if not billions in innocent peoples money not only from the US but from all over the world. Who’s the real fraudulent ones here? Please do tell. Shed some light on this.
haha you go get them horse
full tilt is over in usa the new investors are only intrested in buying the british, irish and most of europe part of the company. I guess there will be a lot of lawyers getting rich on the back of the law suits, They have still not said who these investors are so be carefull if you can deposit in the near future
This is cause of George W Bush hes a traitor to Usa and to poker!! Doyle Brunson called bush his man give me a break the old fool does not know what he signed in to Law will actullty statues
Bad no poker in usa Communism
As anybody listening? PokerTilt steals money. They are cheaters. Nothing I hate worse than a poker cheat.
they cant tax it you cant do it.. thats america
Full Tilt Poker made sure to empty my account of the deposits I had made at the last possible moment . . . and they never deposited ANY of my winnings (basically stole $600 or so from me) . . . may not sound like much to some of you . . . but I’d rather not let ANYONE steal $600 from me!! while I do believe online poker should be legal in the United States, I do hope those responsible go to jail and are forced to pay us what they stole from us.
hey Obama, let us play. We have right to play our poker. WE should be able to spind our $ on whaterver WE decide, u get ur $ before we get ours, but yet we have to deal with our gov. telling us what to do with our share. I understand that fulltilt was stealing $ from (wherever), but should every1 be punished 4 it?
jared thats it in a nutshell…But my account was closed and money returned to my bank account. It did take them a while but they got it done, be patient.
to whoever posted as “FBI” – learn to write in proper english if you’re going to try to pretend to be a government agency lol
Hey Americans, what are you whining about, you guys have the best government money can buy
!! All decisions are made based on the interest of the large companies that paid for the politicians in Senate and House… “Whose bread you eat, his song you sing” .. want to change this… start a bloody revolution or easier just move the hell out.. like I did…
ps. On-line poker is panned to enhance the large Vegas gambling companies and other ‘legal’ gambling facilities that pay millions to its lobbyist who bribe Washington politicians, and same time online poker brings much less (if any?) money to the political table! It is not about morality etc. this is just the story for the average Americans with IQ of 80 ( average in world is 100
) that can be basically fed any BS in the name of Bible and ethical virtue…
This is sad. They take away are money. They take away the one thing we love to do after a long day of slavery at work. The FBI should be punished. The US should be punished. The world is going to end soon it is obvious. Man can only endure so much bulls**t before they lash out on those who oppose them. I believe its time. Spit in the face of all who have abused there authority. FK them all. When I die I hope all the high ups who have taken advantage of us BURN IN HELL. They deserve it for making our lives on God’s land so miserable.
AceOfSpades first of all I can tell you a dumb liberal or a straight paid for Rat =communist! This is America hate the term Usa or United states of cause (of )in blacks law dictionary means owned.Better wake up cause the tree of blood need to be spelled again way over due! Return the Sovereign Republic the hell with Democracy move out I think not by any means and measures with passion!
not liberal — Just the far RIGHT — I guess we should pray now
I HOPE TILT GETS IT IN THE SHORTS FOR RIPPING OFF THE PEOPLE THAT MADE THEM THE COMPANY THAT THEY ARE TODAY, ANYONE THAT HAS TO LAUNDER MONEY AND CHEAT PPL NEEDS TO BE BEAT IN THE HEAD AND LEFT IN THE DUST, I FEEL FOR THE PPL THAT LOST MONEY. HOPE YOU GET IT BACK
there are many of us who play for the sport of it and dont mind playing for play chips and chatting with friends i wouldnt mind paying a monthly user fee and i am sure others think the same and you would make your money legally try that on for size maybe you can make it work like paying for cable tv.
This sucks big time! Full Tilt was the best site! I will miss all my regular poker pals! I never played with real money and had fun at this site, the format etc. was awesome. Best of luck to those who have money there they can’t get to! Ciao to my Poker Buds……..Take Care!
Im sure that full tilt will open again.
really….
My Dad is disabled & lives with me in a small 2BR apartment in a city. He ran into financial difficulties, & so he lost his home d/t gambling in casinos. His itch was fixed by playing Fulltilt Poker for FREE, Not costing him any money at all to play at home. He turned his gambling into FUN FREE gambling which helped to pass the time away while I am working. I would like to say THANKS, GOVERNMENT & The rest of you GREEDY BONEHEADS for taking my father’s favorite past-time hobby away from him. Now Depression has set in & I can’t get him enthused to do much of anything anymore. Why won’t you let people play for FREE & just for FUN? If you don’t want online gambling for money, fine, but don’t take it out on the rest of those who used this site for sheer enjoyment!
Land of the free – you must be joking. That’s propaganda they tell school children. It is just like the saying about the innocent are never wrongly convicted when it’s the rich that are never convicted.
What the hell is all the reactionary fervor over communism? I really don’t see the difference. In fact, it might be better.
I cant believe you people are trying to stand up for fulltilt. Just go look into some of the complaints you will see how many people the site never paid back and refused refund. Not to mention the complete lack of cusomer service. Not to mention the non randow turn and river draws. FULL TILT IS NOT REAL POKER. Ask any real players and they will tell you the numbers dont add up
The play money poker was the best software …world!!!!!
I would pay a monthly fee to play.
Why waist a beautiful game??
its still down here in the UK.. this is pathetic.
It’s a shame I went to war for this country and had good friends die in this war. As I and so many fight to give freedom to so many others ours is being taken away. The US is slowly dying. Maybe we ask the Russians if we can have their old Soviet flag to hang in Washington now.
Well can we still play the free money game or not? I’ve never seen another play-money game that looked as good as Full Tilt’s.
this is pure bull… unbelievable. Big brother can go pound salt, take a step back and suck his own face!!!
I,ve got more than 70.000 on my account where is it
its everywhere down
The real question is why is there not someone rushing in here to fill the hole. Just run out of a different country, or whatever it takes. Or is there something I’m missing?
The site was run by incompetent crooks. They deserve to be shut down. They blatantly ignore laws and then didn’t even have the common sense (or care) to separate players money from operating costs. They should all be in jail
Hey soldier, don’t be a ignorant. They have good reason to shut down the site. Just ’cause you are not allowed to play online doesn’t mean you can’t play with your battle buddies in person. Playing online is depressing, there’s no need for it. I just can’t believe the amount of people showing how ignorant they are because a GAME came to a halt. Let’s be real, the FBI has done some stupid stuff in the past but once you start to realize that America would not be the same without these agencies you will become more appreciative for the American way of life. I understand people have money invested in this game. Don’t you think they’re gonna take care of that? Right now it is just a mess and they are trying to clean it up. It may not look like it at times but these agencies (such as the FBI) were all made for a reason and that one simple reason was to protect American citizens.
You idiots. Pulling FullTilt is to protect you. These computer programs will not let you win real money or at least anything substantial. Check yourself into gambling rehab.
I can’t even play free (no money) poker either?
Online poker is stupid anyway, you need to see a person to play poker otherwise your wasting your time. Also my friend is the biggest online pro in Australia his account had over 300,000 thousand on it. That SUCKS
its all about the casinos paying off the politicians. lost revenue for the crooks
politico bulls**t! i said it.the big casino’s own the politicians and they said close the big sites down.watch and learn,in 1` or 2 years they will pass a law making online poker legal the they take it over with no competition.
Seriously though…. wtf is wrong with you people who let your ignorance and absolute conformity to WHATEVER THE TEA PARTY TELLS YOU IS TRUE dictate your thoughts and actions????!!! Your hatred for Obama is rooted elsewhere so please be aware of your blind devotion to lies. Let me take a guess… most of you “revolutionary thinkers” never went to college? Never learned to think critically, check your sources, or look into PREVIOUS sources of legislation? Pathetic. Try a little harder. A country’s downfall starts with the ignorance of its citizens. Wake up!
Now on to poker… I loved Full Tilt and lost $506.00. Not cool. But guess what, LIFE GOES ON! Sorry if you also lost money, but be thankful that we didn’t get a fine.
I wish the best for you all, even if I disagree with your mentality (that’s called tolerance in the face of adversity). But for the sake of my future children… get your S**T together American Citizens!!!!!
I have never played full tilt for real money. I love the matrix game and testing yourself against the other players. I like tournaments. I like being 38 out of 668. It is fun, a way of wasting some time without hurting anyone, including the government. I don’t care that they shut down the real money part. I don’t understand why they shut down all of it. Why would people leave so much money in these online accounts is my other question. I hope someday they will at least put the play money part back. It was fun talking to people all over the world.
I agree with Vicki. It was a blast chatting and playing with people all over the world. My real $$ is only played in a Casino. But I will miss playing my $1.5 million I made in free play starting from $1000 in 2006!!
put the site bak on
i dont want to play for real money!!! i happened to enjoy my online free money ie play money!! what about us that play for play money?? the other sites let U.S. players play for play money/ so how come we cant play here?? Very unfair i think
GET OFF MY FREEDOMS, Release my Internet !!!!!
The most “free nation in the world” ???? and we can’t play poker on line!!!!
How can we stand together and file suite against the Feds ???
You guys are completely brainwashed by the idea that the FBI/ US government are completely to blame…the truth is that online poker sites like Full tilt, Poker stars, party poker, what have you were never ever subject to a third party audit which might do things such as ‘test the genuine randomness of it’s shuffle’…things like BOTS and suck out programming were/ STILL ARE being employed by these sites to direct winning players profits to either donk players or BOTS (the sites employ)….These sites are a scam on a very subtle level thus there ridiculous profits compared to what they are actually supposed to make…www.johnskater.com
you douche bags screaming at the gov’t… who the hell do ya think goes after these guys when they’re taking citizens’ money with no ability to send their money back to them if there was a run on the house! Should the gov’t NOT close down such an operation?
Good!!! Now it means you GAMBLERS(lowlifes) need to get a job and an education!!! HAHA.. welcome to the real world suckers!!!
hey stupids, THEY ARE STEALING YOUR MONEY, IT’S A SCAM , READ THE COMPLAINTS. TO THOSE WHO ARE GRIPING ABOUT OUR GOVERNMENT, FOOEY
Freedom doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want, include defraud people, without some regulation. Democracy does not mean every man gets to do whatever he wants without consequence. That’s just not how life works. Our decisions and their consequences cascade over each other, harmless to some and harmful to others.
It really doesn’t help to just shout at a government that has chosen to shut down a fraudulent operation. Whether you should be allowed to gamble is not the issue. The issue here is should businesses be allowed to lie to their customers. You are collateral damage due to one business’s fraud, unfortunately, evidenced by the remaining poker sites that remain open for business.
Predictable. Anyone keeping substancial funds on deposit with a poker “firm”, was foolish. Don’t blame the govt, your money was already gone.
i played in both PS and FT, won tourneys, won real money, lost some, bottom line, made much more than i lost….in the process of doing this i missed schools plays, soccer games, dinners, movies, overall quality time with my loved ones…was hypnotized by the game and couldnt get away from the damn computer…I am happy to see this come to an end cause i think this would make players devote all this time to their loved ones or maybe to a constructive activity such as working out, or perhaps get a real job…i do think this sites were fixed…i just happen to be real good at stats…go FBI…mess them up for all they have!!!!!….make people turn to their families again….play with your kids dumbasses!!!!….by the way..they did try to take money from my account which i cancelled right away and got my money back….suck on this FT and PS!!!!!!!!!1
The feds finally enforced my parties law. Good Job.
Never send a poker player money for “safe keeping.” Won’t happen.
Doesn’t really matter what official reasons “they’re” claiming for take over and shutting down pokersites.. (timing is interesting when you look at current political and economical status) some know better and majority don’t trust the US Gov for their own horrendous track record, they’ll maintain they’re bullish tactics to support whatever agenda suits them (not the american people).. bottom-line, is they’ve erased any lines not to cross and will trample over united states citizens personal liberities… look back in history with similar government over reaches and enslavement.. They all eventual end same way.. as dept who claims intelligence, why then do they repeat same mistakes over and over again, even if on smaller scale, it only escalates in further detoriation of our constitution. Reality check..This is no longer a rep or dem sided issue.
I’m glad they finally shut the crooked sites down,….
If “only” the sites were crooked.. how come online gambling is banned in the USA? why isn’t a thousand more brand new online pokersites now available ? Come on people, poker has been around as long as alcohol and firearms has.. PLAYING A SKILLED GAME (FOR MONEY) HAS NEVER BEEN ILLEGAL.. To Those who don’t get it.. wait, eventually when GOV takes over even more personal freedoms and liberties that hit home for you, then your cries may be too late.
The US GOV has NO business telling any US citizen how to spend its time or money, this is but yet another chilling example of how our freedoms and liberties are being trampled upon. Join APA, check every special interest group that comes your way and see whom their funded by, we created these monsters by funding them.. lets smarten up and vote out anyone who violates our constitution! There are certainly crooks out there, but when those in control continuously write their “own” laws to enforce, how far is enough under the name of justice?.. we as a nation suffer the wrath like no other country for a single few morons that ruin it for everyone.. Created stricter punishment for crooks, don’t continue making mistake of being lazy with just banning or restricting freedoms.. That indeed will come back to haunt them in the end.. sadly most don’t get it!
Do you idiots not know that this is a result of a REPUBLICAN LAW passed in 2006 – thank your ‘small gubmit ‘cept for when its a sin conversative – learn your history, dammit. The Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (or SAFE Port Act, Pub.L. 109-347[1]) was an Act of Congress in the United States covering port security and to which an online gambling measure was added at the last moment. The House and Senate passed the conference report on September 30, 2006, and President Bush signed the Act into law on October 13, 2006.[2]
illuminati is making it’s way more and more everyday expect the worse before it gets any better..
Great thought Soldier!!! ~back to underground
You all are idiots. None of you could win from any pokersites; it is loose, loose situations regardless if Fulltilt steal from you or the government, therefore you loose anyways. It’s like taking your money and throw into the trash or in other words, your money goes to make those sites richer and richer and now the government doesn’t get tax on it so they shut it down. You all are victims becuz you all are idiots.
goodbye libberties,, almost all gone now,, but keep voting in people like obama and his cronies,, you wanted change you got it,,, now dont forget vote him in again,,,
FU USG!!! do you really have to destroy every part of life to release any sort of depression? This F’n government is the cause we are world leaders in cases of depression, I swear they are 100% vested in depression meds.
It’s a ripoff. Don’t gamble online…unless you are an idiot.
i am in africa planing to come to usa
I don’t have any money anywhere on any poker site….that’s just nuts. I play “play” or “fun” money and would like Full Tilt to at least allow us broke people to continue to play on their site under fun money only. This does not have anything to do with real money so what’s the problem? Bring it back so we can play something for free. Pretty soon we will have to pay for the air we breathe or be taxed on it…come on people, get over it and let us play for free like the other sites.
i play full tilt and im from austrilia how can i get my money out from full tilt the site is down so i canot get my money
give back my money now
been away…why were games dealing with play money shut down? where to now?
it’s a shame or a sham maybe both i injoyed it while it lasted and will miss the on-line friends from around the world my great grand children wiill not be able to enjoy a hamberger in thier own home when they realch my age [ if they are allowed to reach my age]excuse my typos but i cant remember which hand the fingers that i use to type with are
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So our money is gone?
They send me an email several months ago saying that my money was safe. Its almost 2012 and i still got no response from them.
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Look at all the peeps who aint got paid yet ( ha ). Some of the same people who swore in the beggining sites weren’t rigged, sure looks like alot of are getting scammed by the sites now dosent it. Do a online search for ( Potripper ) or ( graycat ). POKER SITES WERE ALWAYS RIGGED FOOLS !
hey, i think this suck because i love playing fulltilt poker. i really wish they would hurry up and let the US play again. i hope you will email me and let me know when i can play again? thank you davideck1961@yahoo.com
im not the only one is yelling about poker being shut down please let us play for play money for now. PLEASE we miss it.
Putin put in puppets like US .!!! russia just join the underthegun oppressers and u can take control over ur people again
I can’t wait until they start keeping out of our business and let us play for what we want,………
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We should be able to play poker online for real money. Our gov is so much on there own money than any one else. I like the freedom of knowing i can play online poker.; That is my own risk like all the rich investing people in America they only have to pay 15% on money they make at the stock that is not fair i make 40k a year and uncle SAM gets 27% that’s a lot of my hard earn money.So don’t vote for a gov that don’t care about nothing other than there self and there own money….
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can us play for fun if so why can: i login
I hardly drop responses, but after looking at a ton of responses on this page Full Tilt Poker Site Down – Where to Play in USA?. I do have a couple of questions for you if it’s allright. Is it simply me or do some of the remarks come across like they are left by brain dead people? And, should you be writing at other social sites, I would like to keep up with you. Can you post a list of the complete urls of all your shared pages like your linkedin profile, Facebook page or twitter feed?
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