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Chris · 06-09-2009, 01:42 PM

WASHINGTON (June 9, 2009)--An advocacy group for online poker says the federal government has frozen the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players.

The Poker Players Alliance says those winnings are worth upward of $30 million.

The alliance told The Associated Press that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York told three banks to freeze the accounts.

A document obtained by the AP shows that a judge in the district issued a seizure warrant last week for an account at a Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco.

The Justice Department has long maintained that Internet gambling is illegal, a view that the poker group challenges.

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Jack Sparrow · 06-09-2009, 01:45 PM

Epass wouldnt be involved since you cant pay with it anywhere right?

Chris · 06-09-2009, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by mrfrisky

Epass wouldnt be involved since you cant pay with it anywhere right?

epass is processing for "non-us" poker players i think still .....

JamesK · 06-09-2009, 01:56 PM

gambling sites stopped taking epassporte a while back

Socks · 06-09-2009, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris

epass is processing for "non-us" poker players i think still .....

Naw I'm from Canada and it stopped working at the same time back when.

In fact Epass made the decision to stop allowing gambling sites, not the other way around.

lazycash · 06-09-2009, 02:32 PM

I had a feeling something like this was coming soon. Ever since the ruling a couple years ago, the major sites have slowly been finding work arounds for US players to make deposits. They've done so seemingly in a brazen fashion out in the open as if the government didn't care. I did read something recently where some congressman was trying to slip in an amendment to repeal much of the restrictions on US deposits.

Socks · 06-09-2009, 02:37 PM

So who are the payment processors? Have they not been named?

06-09-2009, 01:42 PM	#1
Chris Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: icq: 71462500 Skype: Jupzchris Posts: 27,880	hmm interseting for poker people .. and maybe epass WASHINGTON (June 9, 2009)--An advocacy group for online poker says the federal government has frozen the accounts of payment processors that handle the winnings of thousands of online poker players. The Poker Players Alliance says those winnings are worth upward of $30 million. The alliance told The Associated Press that the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York told three banks to freeze the accounts. A document obtained by the AP shows that a judge in the district issued a seizure warrant last week for an account at a Wells Fargo bank in San Francisco. The Justice Department has long maintained that Internet gambling is illegal, a view that the poker group challenges. ------ __________________ [email protected]

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lazycash Troll Patrol Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Local Socal Posts: 15,214	I had a feeling something like this was coming soon. Ever since the ruling a couple years ago, the major sites have slowly been finding work arounds for US players to make deposits. They've done so seemingly in a brazen fashion out in the open as if the government didn't care. I did read something recently where some congressman was trying to slip in an amendment to repeal much of the restrictions on US deposits. __________________ "WTF, on google you can find the answer to every question in human history, EXCEPT how to convert cams.. Its crazy..." VenusBlogger

06-09-2009, 01:45 PM	#2
Jack Sparrow Almost goners.. Industry Role: Join Date: May 2008 Location: Netherlands Posts: 11,420	Epass wouldnt be involved since you cant pay with it anywhere right?

06-09-2009, 02:37 PM	#7
Socks Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2002 Location: Toronto Posts: 8,475	So who are the payment processors? Have they not been named?