This week, the official claims website for former US Full Tilt Poker players was updated to reveal that a new round of payments will be sent in mid-June. Totaling $15 million, the latest round of funding will be sent to players who “submitted complete, timely, or late petitions confirming their FTP account balance. Also included in this round of payments are affiliates who submitted petitions confirming their FTP account balances.”

Garden City Group, the designated Claims Administrator in the case, did not mention what would happen to players with disputed claims and, as such, PocketFives sought out John Pappas, Executive Director of the Poker Players Alliance, for an update.

“I spoke to the DOJ on Wednesday about this very matter,” Pappas told PocketFives. “They assured me this is being worked on and the latest wave of approved remissions will clear the way for more attention to be given to disputed claims. They said they have a huge task of sorting and then analyzing all of the documents provided by players, and that it is still going to take some time.”

Full Tilt Poker exited the US market in April 2011 on Black Friday. Now, nearly 40 months later, $81 million has been paid back to Americans, with another $15 million on the way next month. However, players with disputed balances could conceivably still be months away from receiving any sort of compensation.

As Pappas (pictured) put it, the DOJ “reminded us that these types of Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section remissions typically take at least a year before anyone sees their money, but because [the DOJ was] confident there would not be a shortage of funds, they were able to process those undisputed claims before dealing with the disputes. I urged them to provide more frequent updates to the players and they have heeded my suggestion.”

Pappas concluded, “I plan to be in regular communication with the DOJ to ensure that things remain on track.”

The last update from Garden City Group about the timeline for disputed payments came in mid-April and rather vaguely said, “GCG continues to work with the Department of Justice to evaluate disputed and new petitions, the eligibility of Pros, and timelines for the remainder of the distributions.”

We’ll keep you posted on the latest US Full Tilt Poker repayment news.

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