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An attorney would be useless here. Full Tilt is not located in the US.

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This is sad but QFT. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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wrong.

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How am I wrong?

Of the countless disputes between players and online poker sites, how many have ever resulted in attorneys recovering the seized money? The answer to that would be ZERO.

I don't know what jurisdiction Full Tilt exists in, but my guess is that it would be extremely difficult -- if not impossible -- to successfully take them to court and win a judgment against them.

Remember, they are in control of all the evidence. Even if Sillysal successfully gets them dragged into some foreign courtroom, they just need to pull out some convincing, official-looking evidence of botting and she's done for. Most poker sites exist in very online gambling friendly environments. The hurdles one would have to jump in order to get a successful civil judgment against Full Tilt would be insurmountable -- especially when you're just a single individual accused of a form of cheating.

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Damn all my years of law school and practicing wasted.

Or maybe you are just making all of that up based on no knowledge or experience....

1. Do you know everyone who has sued a poker site? Otherwise, what is your ZERO figure based on?
2. Are you a lawyer or do you just play one on TV? Have you ever heard of long arm jurisdiction? A default judgment? that most countries enforce foreign judgments?

For most people it is not worth paying an attorney to do all of the work, but that doesn't mean it could not be done. There are channels whereby you could sue and collect from most corporations in the world.

The main obstacle is whether a court would consider online gambling legal in your jurisdiction.