An update late last week on the official Full Tilt Poker claims website clarified the fate of former U.S. affiliates. Originally, the remission process, which the Garden City Group is orchestrating, barred “past or present employee[s] of FTP or any of its past or present affiliates,” leading to a debate about the definition of the word “affiliates.” Did the 10-letter word mean “affiliates” as our industry would define or merely mean a firm associated with the old Full Tilt Poker?

On Friday, the Garden City Group clarified the fate of affiliates, posting the following on the home page of FullTiltPokerClaims.com: “It has been determined that Affiliates of Full Tilt Poker will be able to submit Petitions for Remission to recover the portion of their account balances that does not relate to their Affiliate status. Affiliate accounts have been flagged as such because the player signed up with FTP as an Affiliate. If you are an Affiliate, you will be able to submit a Petition for the portion of your account balance that relates to poker transactions, as long as you meet the eligibility criteria.”

The Garden City Group is in the process of retrieving data from Full Tilt about affiliate accounts. Once the information is compiled, the Group explained, “We will e-mail all Affiliates of record to provide instructions for the Petition process and provide login credentials for online filing. You will then have 30 days to submit a Petition. The filing process for Affiliates will not delay the processing or payment of other Petitions for Remission.”

The U.S. Full Tilt remission process will churn on until November 16. Players who believe they are eligible to receive Full Tilt funds, but were not contacted by the Garden City Group, can visit FullTiltPokerClaims.com and click “File a Petition for Remission” on the left side of the page. As of October 11, the Garden City Group had sent out 1.4 million e-mail notifications to U.S. Full Tilt players and amassed 27,000 petitions.

Also last week, the Poker Players Alliance, the main lobbying group for online poker players on Capitol Hill in the U.S., sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice outlining a variety of issues and questions about the remission process. The memo included inquiries about affiliates, withdrawals, player incentives, petition modifications, and player identifications. You can read the PPA’s correspondence by clicking here.

Stay tuned to PocketFives for the latest on the Full Tilt Poker remission process.

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