Full Tilt Poker与佐贺上周继续在纽约州南区提出集体诉讼官司。
诉讼未结束前，Full Tilt Poker面临着一个不确定的未来。诉讼取胜的关键在于如何释放出玩家捆绑在Full Tilt Poker网络的资金。
史蒂夫西格尔，尼克锤，罗宾和托德特里被列为案件的原告。
该诉讼声称，他们正在寻求“美国选手RICO规约下的赔偿基金。”
“黑色星期五”是司法部起诉的其他案件中的被告雷Bitar和纳尔逊Burtnick的命名。
这一命名除了雷Bitar和纳尔逊Burtnick以外，还包括霍华德莱德勒，克里斯弗格森，菲尔艾维，菲尔戈登，珍妮哈曼Traniello，埃里克赛德尔，布洛赫，迈克马图索，艾伦坎宁安，GUS汉森，约翰和Full Tilt团队成员中的Juanda，帕特里克安东尼和埃里克林格伦。
它还使用“约翰1-100”命名，这意味着到还有100人可能被当做被告提出诉讼。
如下，原告投诉的确切措辞是这样的：
“代表一个全民族的阶级的Full Tilt帐户持有人寄托在美国的玩家账户上，2011年4月15日进行了结余。 … …被告从来没有被美国玩家占有资金，美国选手绝不会受到损害，但被告的计划广泛，承认在线欺诈，银行欺诈和洗钱，为了垫自己的口袋。“
索赔是在美国的玩家是非法拒绝访问高达150万，他们在网站上存入的资金。
“欺骗美国玩家，把他们的钱从中分离出来后，Full Tilt Poker拒绝退还美国玩家的存款，以补偿他们的自己的账户。”法院说。
法院还声称，玩家们已经被Full Tilt故意误导，让他们以为自己的资金是安全的。
58页长的备案不直接列出，直到第12页声称，艾维控制该公司至少5％的份额。
艾维已在进行回击，并拒绝在近期的世界扑克活动。
他起诉了该公司，声称该公司损害了他的名声。他已经从在内华达州撤回他的资金，上周他通过他的律师大卫Chesnoff这样声明。
该诉讼还指出Full Tilt Poker与欧洲投资集团达成了一项协议，试图购买该公司。
作为协议的一部分，他们同意拿出近150美元支付给美国玩家。
目前法院还不知道将如何处理这场官司。
Courts To Determine Full Tilt Poker Fate
by ryan | Published: Thursday, July 7th, 2011
The Full Tilt Poker saga is continuing with a class action lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York last week.
The pending lawsuit means player funds tied up in the Full Tilt network face an uncertain future depending how things play out.
The plaintiffs in the case are listed as Steve Segal, Nick Hammer, Robin Hougdahl and Todd Terry.
The suit claims they are seeking the “return of U.S. player funds and for damages under the RICO statute.”
The defendants in the case are listed as Ray Bitar and Nelson Burtnick among others who were indicted by the Department of Justice on ‘Black Friday’。
In addition to that pair also named in the suit or members of Team Full Tilt including Howard Lederer, Chris Ferguson, Phil Ivey, Phil Gordon, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Erik Seidel, Andy Bloch, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen, John Juanda, Patrik Antonius and Erick Lindgren.
It also uses “John Does 1-100,” as a defendant which means up to 100 other people could be included in the proceedings who haven’t yet been formerly named.
The exact wording of the complaint reads as follows, the plaintiffs:
“represent a nation-wide class of Full Tilt account holders residing in the United States whose player account held balances on April 15, 2011. … Defendants would never have been in possession of U.S. Players’ funds, and U.S. Players would never have suffered injury, but for the Defendants’ widespread scheme to commit wire fraud, bank fraud and money laundering in order to pad their own pockets.”
The claim is that players in the United States are wrongfully denied access to up to $150 million in funds which they have deposited on the website.
“After deceitfully separating U.S. players from their money, Full Tilt Poker refuses to refund the U.S. Players’ deposits, to reimburse U.S. players for the dollar-value of the contents of their Player Accounts, or to permit U.S. players access to their Player Accounts,” it says.
It also claims that players have been deliberately mislead by Full Tilt into thinking their funds are safe.
“Full Tilt’s statements are of little comfort to U.S. players who, in some cases, have hundreds of thousands of dollars tied up in their inaccessible Full Tilt player accounts,” it says.
The 58 page long filing doesn’t list Phil Ivey directly until page 12 where it says:
“Ivey is — and at all relevant times was — a shareholder and director of, and/or a participant in, Full Tilt and/or one or more Full Tilt Companies.”
It also says that Ivey controls at least a 5% share of the company.
Ivey has hit back at Full Tilt and refused to play in the most recent World Series of Poker as a result.
He’s also sued the company claiming damages to his reputation however he withdrew his suit in Nevada last week as he said through his lawyer David Chesnoff.
“Mr. Ivey intends to dismiss his lawsuit as he believes Full Tilt is taking steps to see that the players are paid,” he said.
The class action has divided many members in the online poker realm specifically the timing of it.
The suit was filed the same day as reports came through that an agreement had been reached with a European investment group who were attempting to buy the company.
As part of the deal they’d agreed to take on the nearly $150 million in payouts to US based players.
It’s not yet known how this lawsuit will affect the deal however there’s no way it can fully go through while it’s tied up in the courts.
Current forecasts say it could be at least another fortnight until anything solid is decided upon meaning even more anxious times for Full Tilt members.
