Today the Department of Justice announced that they had seized the domain names of the top three US-facing poker sites: Poker Stars, Full Tilt Poker and UB.com/Absolute Poker. The top US-facing site, Poker Stars, has already blocked US players from sitting down at real money tables. Due to the uncertainty of the current situation, Poker Affiliate Solutions has removed Full Tilt Poker, UB.com and Absolute Poker from the network, pending additional developments.


It’s easy to panic in situations such as this, but history has proved that to be counter-productive. Many affiliates have lived through the game-changing events of UIGEA and the Neteller arrests. Many affiliates thrived and reaped massive benefits when the dust finally settled. We believe there to be a similar opportunity today. Perhaps the events of today are what we needed before our industry can garner the benefits of full legitimacy and regulation. For affiliates with strong US-facing membership, while others are panicking, take this time to think about the best action that you can take to maximize revenues in 2011 and beyond. That is what we are doing here at PAS.

Stay tuned to PAS for the latest news and analysis of this developing situation.