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

[palmerd2]

to us players with money at doyles room

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...

 

[nightmoves44]

war!

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.

 

[DREW0]

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.

 

[pokerchris]

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

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

 

[jimmyd1953]

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

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

 

[jimmyd1953]

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.

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

 

[WEC]

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.

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.

 

[pcgnome]

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.

Take your money out of Bodog, NOW!

 

[nightmoves44]

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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?

 

[WVHillbilly]

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.

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 ****!".

 

[Poof]

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 ****!".

I agree with this, they are pretty good at doing that. I also think having it be 100% Native North American owned is also brilliant on Calvin Ayre's part.

 

[gefishy]

I really wish there was LIVE poker alternatives nearby. In WI, you have to go to the indian reservations if you want to play and only a few of them actually offer poker.

I can't wait for the day that online poker will be allowed, taxed, and profitable for the U.S. tax-payer. Unfortunately it will be probably about 30 years from now.

Weak.

 

[FITEMAN]

new name for bodog

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

I went to log on to bodog. It said, as it often does, that a software update needed to be installed. After downloading the update, I noticed the new domain name....bodog.eu. It is accessable and open to US players though. Looks like they are trying to batten down the hatches before the next DOJ attack.

FITEMAN

 

[dj11]

I had no problem, or hint of problem logging on and playing at DR, either yesterday, nor very early today.

 

[wolfie]

For those that thought the US crackdown on online poker would end at PokerStars, Full Tilt and the Cereus Poker Network, think again. Breaking news from Maryland indicates that three individuals affiliated with two online gaming companies are being indicted on charges of conducting an illegal gambling business and money laundering.

Monday the Department of Justice issued a statement announcing that Darren Wright and David Parchomchuk of BetEd and Ann Marie Puig of BMX Entertainment are being charged in two separate indictments. As part of the indictments, the Department of Justice seized 11 bank accounts located in Charlotte, North Carolina, Guam, Panama, Malta, portugal, and the netherlands as well as ten domain names. The domain names in question include a couple of recognizable sites, most notably DoylesRoom.com. Here is the complete list of domains seized:

Bookmaker.com, 2Betsdi.com, Funtimebingo.com. Goldenarchcasino.com, Truepoker.com, Betmaker.com, Betgrandesports.com, Doylesroom.com, Betehorse.com, and Beted.com.

The US Attorney for the District of Maryland, the IRS, and the Department of Homeland Security were all involved in building the case against online gaming software company ThrillX (DBA BetEd) and online payment processing company BMX Entertainment.

The investigation into the activities of the two companies included a sting operation in which the Department of Homeland Security set up a fake payment processing company called Linwood Payment Solutions. The company processed payments throughout 2009 both to and from the online poker sites. According to the affidavit, Linwood processed over $33 million in payments over the course of more than 300,000 transactions.

“It is illegal for internet gambling enterprises to do business in Maryland, regardless of where the website operator is located,” said U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein. “We cannot allow foreign website operators to flout the law simply because their headquarters are based outside the country.”

Within the sworn affidavit from M. Lisa Ward, Special Agent for the Homeland Security Office, the companies are accused of violating the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA), Maryland State law, and federal laws regarding money laundering.

The affidavit also states that Linwood did business with Absolute Poker and UB Poker in addition to the sites named in this indictment. The Linwood company also signed a series of contracts with online gaming sites represented by K23 Financial Services, aka BMX Entertainment. That contract included doing business with True Poker and DoylesRoom as well as seven other sites named in the indictment. The Beted.com contract is separate from Linwood’s business dealings with BMX, which helps explain why it is included in a separate indictment.

Puig is the owner of BMX Entertainment and the only individual named in that indictment. The second indictment naming Wright and Parchomcuk is in relation to alleged illegal operations of Beted.com.

The government is seeking the forfeiture of the bank accounts and domain names named in the indictment. As of press time, all but two of the sites named in the case were not accessible within the United States. DoylesRoom and BetEHorse’s sites were still accessible. Though the site bears his name, Doyle Brunson severed ties with Doyle’s Room earlier this month.

In somewhat related news, the Associated Press reported earlier today that Bradley Franzen, one of the 11 individuals named in the 4/15 indictment against the big three poker sites as well as a number of payment processors, plead guilty to lesser charges in a Manhattan court today in exchange for testimony against some of the other individuals named in the case.

 

[WVHillbilly]

You really should credit whatever site you copied that from when posting.

 

[wolfie]

You really should credit whatever site you copied that from when posting.

got it from another forum i am on
and am not allowed to post other forums in here !!
but thought it usefull for here to post it
where say's i take credit for it ???
just wanted to share info i got !!!

 

[WVHillbilly]

got it from another forum i am on
and am not allowed to post other forums in here !!
but thought it usefull for here to post it
where say's i take credit for it ???
just wanted to share info i got !!!

Doesn't matter where you got it (since whoever posted it there should have linked to the actual article anyway). A 3 second google search finds the actual source at bluff. Here is the link: http://news.bluffmagazine.com/ten-more-sites-seized-in-new-poker-related-indictments-20774/

In the future articles posted without links to the original article may be deleted.

Pretty sure it has already been posted ITT anyway but I'm too lazy to look.

 

[alaskabill]

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 ****!".

This. Look, as long as there is a demand for online poker/gambling, there will be someone willing to meet that demand. Obviously there is risk involved. Don't put the rent money online duh. As an online poker player in the us you are essentially like the person who frequented a speakeasy during the prohibition era.

I applaud Bodog and any other site that defies the DOJ. As long as they keep their operating funds out of the us and use non .com domains and their people stay out of the US I think it will prove very difficult to shut them down. Obviously transferring money is going to be tricky but I doubt it will be impossible.

If we have learned anything from FTP and Stars, its that trying to meet the govt half way (banning players from WA, working with casinos, lobbyists etc) didn't help) so now its two choices, surrender or outright defiance.

I won''t keep serious money online but I intend to support those who are willing to defy the tyranny.

For a variety of reasons, its a sad time to be an American.

 

[Poker Orifice]

Doyle's...... RIP

 

[Debi]

got it from another forum i am on
and am not allowed to post other forums in here !!
but thought it usefull for here to post it
where say's i take credit for it ???
just wanted to share info i got !!!

Just to reiterate - yes you can post it. No you can not post it without giving credit to the author. By not stating who wrote/published the article you are taking credit for it yourself in their eyes. (and gving CC credit for it).

So feel free to share useful and relevant info - just give credit where it is due.

 

[Dreams of Tragedy]

I'm taking all bets....on who going to be next to go down.
Any takers!!

 

[WVHillbilly]

Apparently the sites seized are NOT shutting down to US players. Can anyone confirm/deny?

 

[Poker Orifice]

Question:
Is DoylesRoom shutdown right now? (what exactly does this mean?). I'm watching dj sitting 5th of 36 left in the 15:30(est) $25 freeroll (top9 pd. of 379 entrants).
I was also able to log on there no problem (after a lengthy update) & see many tables & tournaments running (many as far as DoylesRoom goes.. which isn't that 'many')

 

[CheeseConey]

This is seriously getting old. I'm sure we'll eventually get online poker back, run by Harrah's of course, but it will never be as great as it once was, before the damn government F'd it up!