Re: Where are Full Tilt Poker based?
Couple points:
I don't think complaining to those Kahnawake dudes is going to accomplish anything. They even advertise on their site that no one ever complains.
The underlying reason why online gaming sites operate under protection of Indian Tribes is that the Indians are hands-off. You pay your annual fee and they leave you alone. And getting the courts to go after the Indians is pretty damn difficult. You'd have to show a pattern of conspiracy to defraud or similar (any legal eagles wish to chime in?).
Is OP's complaint that he played well and lost more than he feels is to be expected? Could that be due to variance?
Or is his complaint that he was cheated by human and/or bot players ?
Either way, his only realistic recourses are FTP customer service, and/or attacking FTP with a website or similar and hoping they pay-up to kill the bad publicity.
All of this actually sits on a serious issue (not saying OP has a real issue) that is the primary motivation behind the UIGEA. If one of these online gaming sites did start cheating people, or allowing some of its customers to cheat others, what recourse do the victims have? What recourse does the law allow the US courts and/or government?
As it stands, if OP really was cheated, well, then, forget it. The US legal system isn't going to help him as he is aiding and abetting fund transfer entities that are in violation of US Federal Law.
Interesting aside: the American Indians keep on getting raped over and over again throughout history. FTP pays them some token fee and makes 10s (100s?) of millions in profits. The more I think about it, Chris Ferguson's dad is right.
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