U.S.: Ultra-popular online poker sites shut down by federal government
- Like online poker? Well, you won’t like this story. A bunch of executives at PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker just got charged with money laundering and bank fraud, and their sites had to shut down. Above is what Full Tilt Poker‘s front page currently looks like. This is alarming — nearly a million unique visitors went to that site in March. While AbsolutePoker.com is still up as of this writing, PokerStars has a similar message. Sucks to be a gambler. source