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Federal prosecutors today unsealed a sweeping indictment against Isai Scheinberg and Raymond Bitar, founders of the world’s biggest online poker companies, and moved to try to shut down their ...

State lotteries line up against DOJ reversal on Wire Act ... State lotteries continue to fight back against a January Department of Justice reversal of its interpretation of the Wire Act, threatening every form of online gambling in the country. New Hampshire Sues, Others Irate at Wire Act Opinion ... On Friday, Feb. 15, the New Hampshire Lottery Commission filed suit against U.S. Attorney General William Barr, seeking a reversal of the Department of Justice’s (DoJ) reinterpretation of the Wire Act. This January document expressed the belief that all interstate gambling was covered by the Wire Act, including online poker, lottery sales ... Department Of Justice Flip-Flops On Internet Gambling In April 2011 Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, indicted 11 individuals in an online poker crackdown and launched a $3 billion civil lawsuit against online poker firms like PokerStars ... New Hampshire v DOJ Wire Act Lawsuit Update: The Skirmish ...

Arguments In Wire Act Lawsuit Begin In New Hampshire Federal Court ...

States Against Online Poker. Keep in mind that I did say that was on a federal level.The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been taking its sweet time responding to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and he’s tired of waiting. Full Tilt Directors Face Asset Forfeiture in Fresh DOJ… Doubling down: Department of Justice seek over $130m in cash and assets from money paid to “FTP Insiders” in ownership distributions.Included in the assets the DOJ has targeted are millions of dollars’ worth of real estate, automobiles and funds included in the Lederer retirement accounts. Can I Play Online Poker in the US? - PokerVIP

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DOJ Makes Last-Minute Declaration That ... - playpennsylvania.com Dustin Gouker, who authored the Online Poker Report story explained on Twitter: This appears to be an attempt to kneecap the current litigation in New Hampshire, and to limit the scope of the Wire Act memo just to online casino/poker, and to keep the case from moving forward in the First Circuit Court of Appeals, where there's unfriendly precedent. DOJ: Lotteries Not Part of Wire Act Opinion – GGB News

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Rosenstein Tries to Diffuse Wire Act Lawsuit Against DOJ

On April 15, 2011, the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a 52-page indictment against top executives of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, as well as a civil complaint against those ...

Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Compensation ... Acting Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Compensation Program For Absolute Poker Victim Players ... funds from Absolute Poker following the Office’s filing in 2011 of a civil money laundering and forfeiture action against Absolute Poker and others in United ... Using a portion of the Forfeited Poker Funds, the Department of Justice ... More states get behind lawsuit against DOJ over the Wire ... More states get behind lawsuit against DOJ over the Wire Act. By Bob Garcia. ... Soon after, New Hampshire announced that it had filed suit against the decision, with NJ and PA signing on. Now, Michigan has filed an amicus brief to the lawsuit, which is also being supported by 11 other states and D.C. ... Red Dead Online adds poker, other ... Third Lawsuit Filed Challenging DOJ Wire Act Interpretation The gaming trade group iDEA is the latest to file a legal challenge against the DOJ in the wake of its recent reinterpretation of the Wire Act. ... > Online Poker > Third Lawsuit Challenges DOJ ...