True Poker, Doyles Room and Bookmaker.com Domain Names Seized -- Still Operational

In another round of DOJ indictments, they have seized and shut down Doyles Room's site DoylesRoom.com, True Poker's site TruePoker.com and Bookmaker.com, amongst a bunch of other sites and bank accounts.

http://www.portfolio.com/business-ne...its-us-charges

http://www.justice.gov/usao/md/Publi... Indicted.html

2 Days late, but I think this is the Rapture, FML!
This looks like it is getting worse and not better.
I guess I am a little glad the few sites I play on are not named.....yet.

Thanks for the update Nick.

This is not looking well, why does the DOJ not go after the Drug cartel..
Thanks for the update Nick.

omg i have money there too hope i will manage to withdraw but who knows, why did they go for that small network anyway lol

Looks like they also took down the La Costa Nostra down in Philly too.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110523/...ia_mob_arrests

Here is the Affudavit:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/56092260/L...-SSW-Affidavit

Here's an article released from Bluff magazine about 3 mins ago:
http://news.bluffmagazine.com/ten-mo...ctments-20774/

Interesting thing is, they set up an undercover online payment processing system and started the investigation 2 years ago (and included Homeland Security). Just think...two years ago we were in the very beginning of greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, and this is what was important for our leaders in Government.

US Govt is increasing becoming more like Soviet Union and China than the Land of the Free

If you are US Player and have funds online......Make sure you determine minimum amount of funds you need online to play the games you need to play, and once you cross that minimum, IMMEDIATELY withdraw funds so you never have excess funds online. If ANY of this money is important for your economic well-being, remove funds that you can not replace immediately.

^^^^^^^ I totally agree here!!!

Rumor is the poker sites have new domain names:
doyalsroom.ag and truepoker.ag

wp doyle

MAY 24th ...I'll be standing on the CAPITOL steps...with the PPA!

Seriously? This is so awful, should I try getting my money out of carbon? I've built 150 into 600 in the past couple weeks but this is just ridiculous....

Get your money out quick because a) before the site gets closed down and b) your run will come to an end soon.

I thought it was announced last week that Doyle told them to take his name and likeness off of the site.

I am in the UK but I am getting worried, as someone said hasnt the US
govt got more important things to worry about.
You think the US is getting more like Russia, well the UK has more CCTV camera than anywhere in the world, the policians really want to run our lives when they cant even run a country, BIG BROTHER is here, beware all free thinking people

I have really had it with this Gov and the way they think for me and tell me how to run my life, **** them i am thinking seriously about moving to Canada or Mexico where people are still basically free to do as they wish as long as others are not hurt by it

I just spent 2 hours downloading them sites since they installed new software. We U.S. players are so hosed. I am going to have to find my 'social network' poker name pretty soon, as that will be all we have left to play here very soon.

The DOJ has nothing better to do than go after online poker companies, lol. The white collar business criminals that created the current economic mess are nothing compared to a few online poker companies.

hence "wp Doyle" as in Doyle Brunson your a genius

i agree with what WEC about what to keep on account totally. On these indictments my source says Bodog was mentioned in it but not formally charged. Interesting Calvin Arye gets by again.
Lastly my thought on today's indictments coupled with black friday is the DOJ is doing the Senate Majority Leaders work for him. its the "blackout period" that Harry Reid pushed for in his legislation near-attempt last year that will benefit Harrah's when online poker is finally regulated in usa.
I suspect more seizing and indictments to follow durin this year's WSOP to make some more headlines.

It sucks knowing that one of the top enemies of the us govt are poker players. Like others said...with all going wrong in this world...with all to worry about...they are focused on this? Are you kidding me? It's all about money I guess and wanting to control every aspect of everyone's life.

The real bitch here is that the term 'Illegal Online Gambling' is undefined by law.

Warning: DO NOT uninstall the client software! When Pokerstars went down, I uninstalled the client and had to wait for about three weeks for support to help me get my money. Just some friendly advice :-)


As echoed above, if you have money on Merge, Cake, Bodog, Sportsbook, etc. you should withdraw most, if not all of it. Let's all hope for the best and prepare for the worst.


Good luck, my fellow Americans...

It looks like the feds declared war on every legit honest poker site.This prolly explains why UMW has had transacions not making it to the customers lately,since they went after bank accounts too.
You can bet they have their eyes on merge and cake now.As Im sure they are watching forums to gain info.We have prolly been playing alongside of a few of them right here!
And I want to say this to them if they are here.Everytime you take a freedom away from someone,you are actually taking the same freedoms away from yourselves and your entire family,children and grandchildren to come.Its like shooting yourself in the foot.
Plus,what about the banking bailout fiasco,started by bankers and wallstreet,not to mention big stock companies selling super-junk bonds and the rest.Where are the indictments for them?..so far not one of them spent 1 day in jail.,or was even fined.We will remeber....on election day and every day.

BODOG just changed it's domain name to BODOG.EU Don't know if that will help but it's a signal to be carefull on BODOG.

Because every one of those being indicted have plead guilty, but those drug cartels fight back.

u r right on the money- go get the serisl killers , we have 90% of the whole worlds serial killers here.

i agree , but hope they dont do more, downto merge and cake and a few small ones

Contrary to your assessment, I think it is a good sign that Bodog is thinking at least somewhat ahead of the game (before actually being seized like Doyles, etc). Also, they have had many instances of the USGovt previously freezing accounts and harrassing them over the past years, so they seem to me the wisest of the bunch on how to protect the majority of the money from the Communists. Time will tell but for some reason I feel better about my money on there for the time-being than other sites. Of course, my current BR is a freeroll from a 76 cents balance, so while I do not want to lose it, it is effectively free money to me and my mind may feel different if I actually ever deposited money on the site.

Take your money out of Bodog, NOW!

Maybe Im wrong,but this change to .eu may be just a step so that the usa feds cant seize their domain name.Bodog might come down to being the only place we will be able to play.,but I could be wrong..your opinions?

I agree. I see it as Bodog putting out a preemptive FU to the US gov. Basically saying, "Yeah we know you're coming for our domain next and guess what we don't give a ****!".