How come Bodog, Carbon and others can stay open?

#1 17th April 2011, 4:50 PM

Just curious as to why Bodog and the other sites are open and that the U.S. government only brought charges against the other sites?

#2 17th April 2011, 5:53 PM

My guess is it's how you're able to fund accounts on those 2 sites. I have accounts on PS, Bodog and Carbon. PS was always super easy to fund. Bodog and Carbon both took me a bit get a deposit on there. If I recall it took like a week on Bodog to get money from my checking account to them.

It's entirely possible that's whats keeping them out of the eye of the DoJ. Of course who's to say if that'll change. Now one thing I'd lay money is I doubt any heads of the other online poker rooms are going to even come close to setting foot inside the United States!!

#3 17th April 2011, 6:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d44ve

Just curious as to why Bodog and the other sites are open and that the U.S. government only brought charges against the other sites?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

IMO - biggest bang for the buck, but it could be that bo and others have different procedures.

Plus that dirtbag Daniel Tzvetkoff probably could only provide info on stars, ap and tilt. That article doesn't say it but I had read he was skimming money for himself from players accounts.

#4 17th April 2011, 6:07 PM

There are loopholes in the laws that allow off-track betting, and most of these sites have off-track betting via a casino of some sort.

#5 17th April 2011, 6:08 PM

On lock (merge site) I could only get money
deposited with use my wallet. Didn't take
any of my cards and didn't want to wait
for checking. It's also quite possible
that the other sites did have illegal activity
going on and that is what made them the
bigger target for the feds.

#6 17th April 2011, 6:33 PM

Bodog is where I play, it better stay open! I'm canadian though, so it shouldn't affect me at all. Although I hope that since pokerstars, and fulltilt shutdown to US players it will attract more players to come play at bodog. We need them!

#7 18th April 2011, 8:23 PM

hate to say, but could be just a matter of time ... certainly they decided to target the biggest

but the net effect is that it has made everyone in the US fearful of depositing at any site now ... and even if you have money on Bodog, if you are US player, then you're probably debating on how much you want to leave in there at any time

this totally suks!

#8 18th April 2011, 8:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dj11

There are loopholes in the laws that allow off-track betting, and most of these sites have off-track betting via a casino of some sort.

^^^^^^ This is a more accurate and seemly correct answer to the OP. Also Sportsbook is another one. You most likely will never see these sites go anywhere.

#9 21st April 2011, 6:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by d44ve

Just curious as to why Bodog and the other sites are open and that the U.S. government only brought charges against the other sites?

Bodog.com is the only US facing online gaming company that is 100% native North American owned and operated and Native North Americans have indigenous rights that are different than other North Americans. I do not know if this is the only reason why bodog.com was not targeted, but I do know this would have to be a factor.

Thanks,
Becky

#10 21st April 2011, 7:03 PM

Plus they didn't buy a bank to launder money, lol
BeachJustice explains it the best I have seen it explained here:
http://www.cardschat.com/showpost1729087-post8.html

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