I saw that and was about to post it as well. To be honest, I thought any class action lawsuit that would have been started would have been against the DOJ (or U.S. Gov't as a whole) and not ftp.

 

Originally Posted by adamsapple19

Why? The DOJ doesn't owe us any money. They seized money from what they considered an illegal gambling operation. Then they immediately opened up the door for the sites to pay back money owed to US citizens. While I'm disgusted by our government's absurd stance on online poker I certainly can't fault them for me not getting my money back (except in the sense that if there were regulated online poker in the US bullshit like this wouldn't happen). full tilt was a site run by very greedy and irresponsible people and that's why we're in the mess we are with them.

I don't disagree with you at all really. It's a mess because the ftp people were greedy and irresponsible.

I probably worded my statement wrong in the previous post. By "I thought" I didn't mean to sound like I thought the DOJ should have had the class action suit filed against them rather than ftp. I just meant that I thought we'd see a suit filed against the DOJ before ftp by the players. The main reason being what you hinted towards in your post--players are pretty disgusted by the government's stance on online poker, so it would be a bold statement to make by challenge the government's policies.

not implying things like this arent warranted, but just thinking it's weird that theres all this outrage about ftp defrauding players, license being pulled, being a ponzi scheme, etc... meanwhile it's ho hum, cereus gonna cereus.

 

Originally Posted by s.l. halper

Sorry folks. This all looks like a good thing. I hope (and think) that we will get our money back many stages before joining and riding out a class action lawsuit. But the people behind this suit are likely coming from a good place.

I mean, ft has already had the worst punishment they can face: they've been completely shut down. Every minute that goes by they lose thousands in rake. They no longer need incentive or convincing to do whatever they have to do to act like a responsible corporation.

If the news of yesterday and today is true about ft being sold under the condition US players get their money back then I can't see this lawsuit as doing anything but harm to that tentative deal. Hopefully FT's lawyers are in touch with the group who brought this lawsuit and this situation can be contained before any further damage comes from this. I just want my fucking money back and frankly I don't give a shit how it happens.

Here's a direct link to the lawsuit, by the way:

http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/591...95uek7muqweknr

MUPokerPlayer hit the nail right on the head. The plaintiffs in this suit have done a disservice to everyone. This was absolutely horrible timing.

 

Originally Posted by Iplaythabored

how do you figure? its not like the "buyers" are unaware that they owe us this money

The deal to buy ft is apparently not final. Continued bad press for ft can only make ft look like a less attractive investment. Just no need to keep rocking the boat @ this point.

The lawsuit was filed the same day as the LA Times article came out. It seems to me these four guys who filed the suit weren't aware of the deal going on to sell ft and pay US players back. I'd actually be surprised if anything more came of the suit given the situation that has unfolded (if it continues to unfold the way we all hope it does).

 

Originally Posted by MUPokerPlayer

I hope nothing ever comes of this lawsuit. I don't want to have to file for my $20 refund check for being a part of the class action suit (seeing as I have several $k tied up that I'd like back).

+1

 

Originally Posted by adamsapple19

The deal to buy ft is apparently not final. Continued bad press for ft can only make ft look like a less attractive investment. Just no need to keep rocking the boat @ this point.

The lawsuit was filed the same day as the LA Times article came out. It seems to me these four guys who filed the suit weren't aware of the deal going on to sell ft and pay US players back. I'd actually be surprised if anything more came of the suit given the situation that has unfolded (if it continues to unfold the way we all hope it does).

+2

The investment deal is the big deal, if we all get paid back the suit will go away.

 

Originally Posted by adamsapple19

The deal to buy ft is apparently not final. Continued bad press for ft can only make ft look like a less attractive investment. Just no need to keep rocking the boat @ this point.

Continued bad press will have zero bearing on a potential deal - there are no 'secrets' about the company being unearthed here that the potential buyers don't already know about, and there is no chance that they didn't anticipate the bad press continuing, as well as potential suits.

me too - I can get a couple of nice bags of sticky with the $$ I have in there