Conspiracy Theory: Put on Your Tin Foil Hats

[Copernicus]

You missed the biggest question:

Why didnt they ban cashouts? Enterprising players and sites will find workarounds to playing and depositing, but if there were any risk of not getting your winnings out, how many people would play?

They could have set a window for withdrawals after which no checks/EFTs/cc deposits/intermediaries would be able to pay out monies from a gaming site.

The fact that they didnt do that is the only thing that makes me wonder if there isnt more to come.