Yes, posted on the previous page in the article at : http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/vegas-based-bitcoin-poker-operator-return-us-face-charge  . If he is not able to prove that he was just a spokesperson for the site, it would be difficult for him to not be charged with running the site.

I don't think so. Before he left, he said some other people were working on the site and his case will not affect the operation of the site.
But incase they make a deal to clear him for shutting down the site, then I wouldn't know.

Just read on the same article that he did not get funded from the Gofundme link due to undisclosed reasons . That doesn't sound good for him.

I would like to see what happens incase one of the gambling sites(not in UK) does not agree to their request. I really doubt they will do anything, but would still be nice to see. If their threats work and are serious, I see US implementing a similar law soon.

Some discussions with the same question on this section already

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1002493.0

Seems Circle is the best way. Bit-x allows you to purchase bitcoins with Credit cards as well.

If it actually works I still doubt it would work for long. I am not sure how current mixers work, but instead of forwarding and dividing through thousands of wallets, they could just use their own money to be the output of the mixer which would in no way link the initial wallet. So it will be the same as being completely anonymous .

Yes that is certainly true , but it will also be bad for bitcoin unless any of the licensed casinos start accepting it.
The current laws would restrict bitcoin accepting gambling sites from growing. I also feel the gambling section on the forum proves that it is what finds one of the biggest use for bitcoin(even though it wasn't intended for it) and restricting that face will have a negative impact on bitcoin to some extent.

A major part of that for those sites depend on their software . A lot of them who use mavens just like the old Swc haven't been much famous no matter what offers they have. The new sites are just dividing the already less traffic more and more and its hardly generating any one of them any revenue.


Missed this question before. Actually they are going to be soon including bitcoin as a deposit option. You can still someway play by depositing on neteller with bitcoin and then using that to fund your Stars account.

I wonder about the same question and its hard to arrive at an answer.


But ultimately Pokerstars does not allow US players to play on its platform. Neither do most of the other big poker sites. Where would all those players play ? Its not easy to find live games in every city and the only option is bitcoin online poker. There should still be enough traffic from those players, but its not there.

Not necessarily site bots. They could also be bots deployed by users. Have seen some poker bots over at seals as well in the past.
As for evidence , I doubt there ever can be any evidence, except for collection of data from the hands which could point to foul play.

A lot of people said that their servers are based in the UK, so that might be the reason. But if I was them, I would probably move out of the country so as to continue having a large customer base. Maybe they might take some time to see how much of the business is affected and then make necessary changes.

It did have some affect on bitcoin sites. Directbet and Fairlay seems to have blocked UK based IP's already .

Seems it is indeed true.
I just read this on another thread  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=308793.msg11628622#msg11628622


It does seem they have locked out UK customers primarily for this reason.
I can't however find any news about this online.

Yes they can login using VPN and TOR . I couldn't find any news article relating to the info however, but does seem UK users have been locked out. 
But I also see Pokerstars starting to open a sportsbook in the UK just recently: http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2015/05/pokerstars-sports-betting-offering-goes-live-in-the-uk-17854.htm

Seems they will be setback as well.

Are you sure about this ? I haven't ever since an announcement about this before. I don't think UK has very strict laws for this when it comes to sportsbooks . US would probably be the first country to be blocked if they did.

Nope, and I doubt any of the bitcoin sportsbooks are licensed.

Could there be an legal implications of this ? Or at the most they would just reject the card and ask us to use another mode of payment ?
I am actually interested in trying one of these cards out. Also do these work online ?




Assuming that I load one of these cards onto a mobile app. Would it also affect other cards I have on the same app  ?

EDIT: I just did lot of research and have answers to some part the question except for "Could there be an legal implications of this ? Or at the most they would just reject the card and ask us to use another mode of payment ? "

Still looking for WMZ . If you have something to offer , let me know.

Yes,  if a stolen credit card is used to fund a Neteller account, then the transaction can be reversed.



That is something new for me. That seems like a legit reason for this thread. Doing a trade with someone trusted should be fine then.
I wonder if it can be abused if someone created 2 Neteller accounts and deposited with BTC on one and transferred fund to another which he could then use for ATM's.

Any reason why you wish to risk selling bitcoins for Neteller except for the small +3% , when you can just deposit on Neteller with BTC directly ?

Here you will unnecessarily be risking money as Neteller is reversible in cases of Fraud.

You don't have to put 15 games in one betslip to win a parlay . Most of the times you can just put 3-4 games and get odds upto 10x. I feel parlays are not worth it as it basically just means compounding single bets. You could just bet one by one of games you are confident about. Nice to see that Spain game win Ajax.