FBI seizes domains of pokerstars, full tilt, ub.. (UPDATE: FTP MONIES!!!!!11)

[Penneywize]

yeah agreed GBT plan sounded pretty restrictive / horrible. At most, I would expect or hope that they would gradually unfreeze larger balances, but not release it as though it were some bonus you were entitled to (more or less).

W/E, PS has a monopoly up in this shit I guess.

[Keith]

Don't understand the concerns about a stars monopoly. The situation is no different to the current state of play. Sure some people may come back to FTP to play enough or whatever to withdraw. If they left stars in the first place for lack bonus/rakeback etc I can't see them heading back to ftp for what will inevitably be similar rewards system.

By buying FTP stars in the short term are protecting a lot of their income from players who would have been forced back to tilt to recover their money, and in the long term are possibly gaining an access route back into a legalized US market.

Interesting thing will be people permabanned on stars or tilt who then had a valid account on the other site. Also people who self excluded for gambling reasons on one ofthe sites ., i guess they would have to be banned on the other site as well.