U.s. Justice Department Made Big Money In 2025

U.S. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT MADE BIG MONEY IN 2025

03rd January, 2025 at 02:03:06

Source: bluffed.net

Online gambling targets delivered over $3 billion in forfeitures

The US Justice Department's crusade against online gambling in general and poker in particular in 2025 generated over $3 billion for government coffers in terms of forfeitures and seizures, reports the New York Times.

The USA attorney's office in Manhattan was the principal generator, but the overall total is a new record for the 93 USA attorney's offices positioned around the United States.

Among the DoJ's 'earnings' was the massive $731 million settlement with Pokerstars in July, which was to be paid in a cash tranche and by instalments.

Part of the Pokerstars settlement is destined to pay out US players of the failed Full Tilt Poker, which has since been re-launched under Pokerstars ownership.

The players have been invited to submit claims, and the DoJ is currently studying possible independent third parties to undertake the payment-to-players process as an outsourced project.

Pokerstars has already made good the non-US Full Tilt players around the world.

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