Black Friday - Online Poker's Big Three Indicted

On Friday the 15th of April, 2011, an indictment against the founders of online poker's "big three" was unsealed by federal authorities. The founders of PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, and Absolute Poker were indicted on charges of bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling.

The allegations centre on poker companies allegedly using fraudulent methods to circumvent federal law and trick U.S. banks into processing payments after the passage of UIGEA.

As a result the US market has been turned on its head and affiliates unfortunately have been affected.

Effective immediately, www.fulltiltpoker.com, www.absolutepoker.com, www.ub.com and www.pokerstars.com have been seized and will no longer be accepting US traffic. Affiliates affected by this will have already received information on how to redirect their traffic to the rooms EU landing pages so you can continue to earn your commissions.

PAW advises all affiliates to start sending all their US traffic to one of the above rooms. Trackers are already available through PAW and if you would like to be considered for CPA deals or have any further questions about this situation, please contact the helpdesk

We will continue to update our affiliates when more news comes to hand as we are expecting further developments in the coming days.

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