Real-Money Poker Gambling Still Going On In US, Report Finds
Even though the Federal government seized Absolute Poker’s website in a major online gaming crackdown last month, it has been found that US poker players are continuing to play for money through them.
The seizure last month of various poker websites was intended to curtail US residents from playing cards for money, which violates federal law.
A poker tracking report, Pokerscout, based in Las Vegas, indicated Tuesday that they have identified gambling players from obvious American cities such as Minnetonka, Colorado Springs, Cincinnati, Bakersfield and Chicago. They found these players were playing in real-money games on the Cereus Network, which is the operator of Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker.
Pokerscout’s owner, Dan Stewart, found that players could sidestep federal law if they had downloaded gaming software from Absolute Poker before the April 15th seizure. Further, this software goes through the company’s internet provider address, bypassing completely the seized website. In addition, the report showed no definitive number of online US players who’ve discovered this.
Even though it shouldn’t be available to US residents, the US Justice Department is allowing Absolute Poker – which is Costa Rican based – to continue their services only to customers in other countries. Lawyers with Absolute Poker indicated Wednesday that they are abiding by this agreement.
A lawyer from New York’s Blank Rome LLP, Jerry Bernstein, said that all measures possible have been taken to prevent real-money play by US players.
Findings by the Pokerscout report give a clear indication that Cereus could be in “breach of contract” and, further, they could potentially face multiple charges, including fraud, for allowing this to happen.
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Posted by Stephanie Koch
on May 19 2011. Filed under Business Financial News.
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