Letter from fulltilt poker

[Pistol Pete]

Full Tilt Poker is here to stay!

As an online poker player, you have probably heard about the new legislation passed by the U.S. Congress earlier this week that attempts to prevent you from being able to transfer money to online gaming sites.

While this new law has prompted some sites to announce plans to abandon the U.S. market in coming days, we assure you that Full Tilt Poker will continue to provide all of its players - both inside and outside of the United States - with a full complement of real money ring games and tournaments for their enjoyment.

After consultation with numerous legal experts in this field, we want to make you aware of the following:

* Legal

The new U.S. legislation does not in any way attempt to criminalize the act of you playing online poker. By playing online at Full Tilt Poker, you are not breaking any U.S. Federal laws.

* Full Access

The passage of the new Internet Gaming law will not have any impact on your day-to-day experience at Full Tilt Poker. We will provide all of our players, everywhere in the world, with full access to all of our games and tournaments.

* Easy Deposits and Withdrawals

We will continue to provide our players with all of the safe, secure and convenient methods for transferring money to and from the site. In fact, in recent discussions with our payment processors, we have been assured that this new law will have no immediate impact on their day-to-day business. And as always, any monies that you have on deposit with Full Tilt Poker remain completely safe and secure.

Furthermore, we firmly believe that online poker is not encompassed by this new legislation. In any event, we will continue to lobby for an express carve-out for online poker and for your right to play a truly American game from the privacy of your own home and computer.

We are excited about the future here at Full Tilt Poker and in the coming weeks and months, we plan to roll out many new features designed to enhance your online poker experience.

We appreciate your loyalty to our site and, in turn, want you to know that we will remain loyal to our valued players in the United States and throughout the world.

We look forward to seeing you at the table.

Sincerely,

Full Tilt Poker

[pags11]

why do you think more of the poker sites are dropping U.S. customers than books at this point?...

[jjgold]

"law will have no immediate impact on their day-to-day business"

Down the road Full Tilt will be gone also, the bill has not been signed yet so of course these places will still operate.

[JoshW]

Furthermore, we firmly believe that online poker is not encompassed by this new legislation.

I like the stand they are taking, but that line is just BS.

[isetcap]

I like the stand they are taking, but that line is just BS.

Correct, it is the explosion in poker that specifically accelerated the legislative process on this issue. The government knew that the longer they waited, the more people they would anger with this bill. As it stands, they've been able to strip away more individual rights and keep it pretty much under the radar.

The reason poker rooms are leaving the US with higher visibility than sportsbooks is because their business model allows them to do so. They are selling the game of poker, as opposed to needing a population of people interested in US sporting events.

[pags11]

great response isetcap...makes a lot of sense...