Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Poker Players' Money Seized

Yesterday was not a good day for Americans who play poker on the Internet. I'm unhappy, to say the very least, about this whole "Let's take their money - without a warrant, no less! Because we're the feds!" crap.

The Poker Players Alliance has released a statement explaining what in the world is going on:

[NY] PPA Statement on Southern District of NY Action Against Online Poker Players - PPA (06/09/09) [NY] PPA Statement on Southern District of NY Action Against Online Poker Players - PPA (06/09/09) pokerplayersalliance WASHINGTON, DC (June 9, 2009) – The Poker Players Alliance (PPA), the leading poker grassroots advocacy group with more than one million members nationwide, today released the following statement by PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato on questionable actions taken by a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York to freeze payment processor accounts containing more than $30 million in poker players’ deposits and payouts.

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