by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 19, 2012 | Poker News
By Wednesday, this had already been a busy week with regard to the presumably impending deal between PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. Early in the week, three members of FTR’s board of directors, Rafe Furst, Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer, filed motions to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Dec 23, 2011 | Poker Law, Poker News
According to a recent ruling by the U.S. Justice Department, online poker may have been legal all along. The DOJ's Office of Legal Council (OLC) has re-examined the wording of 1961's Federal Wire Act, the law which, up until now, has stifled the existence of inter-state gambling.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2011 | Online Poker News, Poker Law, Poker News, PokerStars
The United States Department of Justice has released funds from a formerly frozen account belonging to PokerStars.