The Three Big Online Poker Sites- Shutdown!

This just in this afternoon... Absolute Poker, Full Tilt Poker, and Poker Stars - three of the biggest players in online gambling- have been shutdown down by the U.S. Department of Justice for several alleged crimes..

Have you been to these sites--millions of people have- and billions of dollars have been made by their companies- illegally.

Here's part of the story from CNET:

"These defendants concocted an elaborate criminal fraud scheme, alternately tricking some U.S. banks and effectively bribing others to assure the continued flow of billions in illegal gambling profits. Moreover, as we allege, in their zeal to circumvent the gambling laws, the defendants also engaged in massive money laundering and bank fraud," Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement. Foreign firms that choose to operate in the United States are not free to flout the laws they don't like simply because they can't bear to be parted from their profits."

Wow.  I always thought these things were kind of shady- KIND of shady. Now it's official.

Get the full story at CNET.com

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