Full Tilt, Poker Stars and Absolute Poker, three of the biggest online gambling sites around have been charged with tricking banks into processing illegal gambling funds, according to Reuters.
The Internet domains of these companies have been shut down by the FBI for two counts of alleged illegal Internet gambling. "This domain name," a notice posted on each of the three websites states, "has been seized by the FBI pursuant to an Arrest Warrant in Rem obtained by the Unites States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York."
"I think online poker should be legal for all American Adults," Poker Players Alliance member and 2004 World Series of Poker champion, Greg Raymer, said on Fox Business to talk about the legalization of online poker.
The notice continues to say that criminal penalties include up to five years imprisonment and a fine of up to $250,000. No one wants a prison sentence, but for an online poker site where players make millions of dollars and wager amounts unreal to most of us, $250,000 isn't going to faze the eleven owners charged. If anything, it's probably just a fraction of a someone's bankroll.
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