{"id":8041,"date":"2012-04-17T12:25:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=8041"},"modified":"2012-04-17T12:25:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-17T12:25:53","slug":"black-friday-one-year-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday: one year on"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A year ago this week, the poker world was turned upside down when U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments<\/a> charging online poker\u2019s big three \u2014 PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker \u2014 with illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering.<\/p>\n

President and CEO of the American Gaming Association Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jnr has a released a statement about Black Friday, a year on after the event.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThis Sunday marks the one year anniversary of that date, dubbed Black Friday by those in the online poker business,\u201d said Fahrenkopf. \u201cIn spite of DoJ action against several other illegal internet gambling companies in the year since, hundreds of illegal, offshore internet sites are still operating.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cAs long as these sites are operating outside the reach of US law enforcement and with little to no regulation, the millions of Americans who continue to patronise them will be at risk of being defrauded. After a year of Congressional inaction, the fact remains: Until the US changes existing laws to ensure that only licensed, taxed, and highly regulated companies can operate in the US it is certain that illegal activities will go largely unchecked.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cIt is also essential that current law be modified to establish federal guidelines so there will be consistent regulations for online gambling in all states that choose to authorise it,\u201d said Fahrenkopf. \u201cSuch federal guidelines would keep minors from gambling online, prevent fraud and money laundering, address problem gambling and ensure players aren\u2019t being cheated. Without a federal overlay, there will be a patchwork quilt of rules and regulations that will prove confusing for customers and difficult for law enforcement to manage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A year ago this week, the poker world was turned upside down when U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments charging online poker\u2019s big three \u2014 PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker \u2014 with illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,23,19,12],"class_list":["post-8041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-igaming","tag-gambling","tag-gaming-2","tag-online","tag-poker-2"],"yoast_head":"\nBlack Friday: one year on - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Friday: one year on - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A year ago this week, the poker world was turned upside down when U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments charging online poker\u2019s big three \u2014 PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker \u2014 with illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@igamingpost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@igamingpost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38b848f26341d94a3f6b1f5d9642234c\"},\"headline\":\"Black Friday: one year on\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":280,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/Black-Friday.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gambling\",\"gaming\",\"online\",\"poker\"],\"articleSection\":[\"iGaming\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/\",\"name\":\"Black Friday: one year on - iGaming Post\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/Black-Friday.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/Black-Friday.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/04\\\/Black-Friday.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/black-friday-one-year-on\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Black Friday: one year on\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/\",\"name\":\"iGaming Post News for the B2B Gaming Inudstry\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"iGaming Post\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/iGamingPost-new-2015logo-copy.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/07\\\/iGamingPost-new-2015logo-copy.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":110,\"caption\":\"iGaming Post\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/igamingpost\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38b848f26341d94a3f6b1f5d9642234c\",\"name\":\"Staff\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/author\\\/staff\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Black Friday: one year on - iGaming Post","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Black Friday: one year on - iGaming Post","og_description":"A year ago this week, the poker world was turned upside down when U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments charging online poker\u2019s big three \u2014 PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker \u2014 with illegal gambling, bank fraud and money laundering.","og_url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/","og_site_name":"iGaming Post","article_published_time":"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@igamingpost","twitter_site":"@igamingpost","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Staff","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/"},"author":{"name":"Staff","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#\/schema\/person\/38b848f26341d94a3f6b1f5d9642234c"},"headline":"Black Friday: one year on","datePublished":"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/"},"wordCount":280,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg","keywords":["gambling","gaming","online","poker"],"articleSection":["iGaming"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/","name":"Black Friday: one year on - iGaming Post","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg","datePublished":"2012-04-17T12:25:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Black-Friday.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/black-friday-one-year-on\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Black Friday: one year on"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#website","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/","name":"iGaming Post News for the B2B Gaming Inudstry","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#organization","name":"iGaming Post","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/iGamingPost-new-2015logo-copy.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/iGamingPost-new-2015logo-copy.png","width":400,"height":110,"caption":"iGaming Post"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/igamingpost"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/#\/schema\/person\/38b848f26341d94a3f6b1f5d9642234c","name":"Staff","url":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/author\/staff\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}