Update: Number of Legal Actions Mounts

Update: Number of Legal Actions Mounts
Black Friday causes more stir This has been another busy week for the US lawyers and courts, which received another two legal actions to the increasing count of cases related to the Black Friday actions. The first one was filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, known for its bizarre attempt to seize 141 gambling domains, and its Secretary for Justice and Public Safety, J. Michael Brown. Namely, in this case the Commonwealth is not only claiming the domain names of Pokerstars, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker, and Ultimate Bet, it also seeks "the proceeds from any sale or disposition of said domain names." The other legal claim involves $30 million and it is filed by Cardroom International, a software company that claims it was blocked from licensing its software to major media companies by, in pre-Black Friday period, predominant actions of online poker giants Pokerstars and Full Tilt Poker, so now it seeks a share in the five bank accounts related to the indictments, as well as "all other property that has been seized or will be seized in this proceeding at any time, directly from and/or related to" the DoJ indictments. In addition, it states: "Cardroom sought to license its software to major media companies for use on their sports-related sites. Between them, the PokerStars defendants and the Full Tilt defendants entered into agreements whereby they provided such play (for) money services to ESPN/ABC, Fox and NBC. "At a meeting with one of the aforementioned networks, the CEO of Cardroom was informed that adoption of his system faced the barrier of the purchase of airtime on the network by PokerStars companies, as the PokerStars companies were tying continued purchase of airtime to use of their software and system on the network's website. "Within weeks of meeting with this network, the network announced a deal with PokerStars. The bulk of the money utilized by the PokerStars defendants to purchase time for poker television programs came from funds illegally obtained from United States poker players. "Though Full Tilt did not directly interfere in the potential transaction between Cardroom and the network, it was due to the joint conspiracy of the PokerStars defendants and the Full Tilt defendants alleged below that both companies achieved their dominant position in on-line poker."

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