Long read
Scandal
Updated We read the operator paperwork
Everything in this section was about money that did not come back. The largest thread was the Full Tilt Poker remissions — the claims process for American players, the filing deadline, the emails that went out and then the postcards, and the question of whether the fund would stretch to everyone eligible.
21+. Play only where your state regulator allows it. We take a commission from some operators; it never moves a room up the list. Gambling problem? Call the National Problem Gambling Helpline, 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738).
Alongside it ran the slow collapse of Lock Poker, tracked through payout times that kept getting longer and cashout value that kept falling, and the documentary on the Ultimate Bet cheating case. Shorter items covered a suspended sponsored professional and a guilty plea in a payment-processing indictment.
The reporting itself is not held here. The rooms it was about are, with their current licences and terms.
- US poker sites — who is licensed now, and by whom.
- Industry — operators, payments and the companies behind them.
- Online poker history — the same years, read as history.
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