Black Friday To Now: A Timeline Of Poker EventsCatch An Overview Of What Transpired In The Year After |
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Black Friday caused a dramatic shift in the poker world.
In addition to the drama of court cases, legislation for the industry became a more pressing issue both on Capitol Hill and in state governments. Some of the most well-known gaming companies around made noise in the wake of the Department of Justice crackdown on the offshore sites.
Here’s a look at the top headlines from April 15, 2011 to the present day.
April 2011
DOJ Indicts Owners of Major Online Poker Sites
Full Tilt Poker Issues Statement on Indictment
PokerStars Issues Statement on Indictment
Online Sites Lower Guaranteed Prize Pools
Future Uncertain for Online Poker Cash Outs
Barney Frank Reacts to Online Poker Crackdown
Payouts To Begin After Sites Regain Dot-Coms
Gaming Commissions Comment on Indictments
Casinos Report Small Traffic Increase After Black Friday
Absolute Poker and UB Issue Statement on Department of Justice Indictment
World Trade Organization Could Sanction U.S. for Online Poker Crackdown
PokerStars Begins Player Payouts
Caesars Entertainment CEO and President Gary Loveman Pushes For Federal Legislation
Nevada Lawmaker Angry at PokerStars
Department of Justice Nabs Fourth Arrest Post Black Friday’s Indictment
May 2011
Absolute Poker Address Bankruptcy Rumors
bwin.party Poker Sign Ups Jump One-Third
Federal Prosecutors to Seize Homes of Indicted
Live Poker Adjusts After Black Friday
Absolute Poker Severs Ties with its Pros
Absolute Poker/UB Strike Agreement with DOJ
American Gaming Association Pushing for iPoker
Doyle Brunson Has No Comment on Site Rumors
WPT Championship Unaffected By Black Friday
Nevada State Assembly Passes Online Poker Bill
Full Tilt Poker Releases Update on Player Accounts
Bradley Franzen Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
DoylesRoom Seized as More Indictments Issued
Texas Republican Plans to Draft Online Poker Bill
Nevada Online Poker Bill Passes Senate Judiciary Committee
Phil Ivey Sits Out World Series of Poker, Files Lawsuit Against TiltWare
June 2011
Tiltware Issues Statement on Phil Ivey
Nevada Online Poker Bill Signed by Governor
Playtech Signs California Online Poker Deal
Joe Barton’s Online Poker Bill Introduced
Full Tilt Poker Operations Suspended
Full Tilt Poker to be Sold, Player Funds to be Returned
July 2011
Regulator Shuts Down Full Tilt Poker’s Site in France
AGA Won’t Back Barton’s Online Poker Bill
Public Hearing On Full Tilt’s Future Set For London
Full Tilt Poker Pushes for Private Hearing
FairPlayUSA Launches, Joins Push for Online Poker
August 2011
Kahnawake Grants FTP License Renewal
Full Tilt Poker Pays Overdue License Fees
Lesniak Set To Re-Introduce NJ Online Gaming Bill
Full Tilt Poker Faces Second Class Action Lawsuit
Efforts Stall for Internet Poker in California
Nevada Issues Regulatory Proposals for Online Poker
Full Tilt Poker Gives Reasons For Continuing Debt
September 2011
FTP Lawyers to Withdraw from Class Action Cases
DOJ Releases Some of PokerStars’ Frozen Funds
Massachusetts Considering Web Poker Legislation
Full Tilt Poker Faces Canadian Class Action Lawsuit
South Point Casino to Offer Free Online Poker
FTP’s License Review With AGCC Closed to Public
Gary Loveman Talks Online Poker in CNN Interview
AGA Releases Code Of Conduct For Licensed Online Poker Companies
Department of Justice Calls Full Tilt Poker a ‘Global Ponzi Scheme’
Full Tilt Poker Attorneys Strike Back
AGCC Revokes Full Tilt Poker’s License
Department of Justice Issues Statement on Full Tilt Poker Player Funds
Full Tilt Poker Claims Sale to French Investor
October 2011
Michael Gaughan Eying Web Poker Legislation
AGCC Assists Police with FTP
COPA Launches Free Online Poker Site
NBC Cancels Heads Up Championship
Full Tilt Poker Subsidiary Pocket Kings Fires 180
House Holds Hearing on Safety of Internet Poker
Maryland Governor Opposes Online Poker
Fertitta Interactive Acquires CyberArts, Eyes Web Poker
Kahnawake Gaming Commission Issues Statement on Absolute Poker Player Funds
MGM, Boyd Announce Deal with Bwin.party to Run Internet Poker Sites
November 2011
Groupe Bernard Tapie Closing in on Deal for Full Tilt
Nevada Holds Hearing for iPoker Regulations
Bank Tied to Poker’s Black Friday Shutdown
Tribal Gaming Unhappy with iPoker Proposal
GBT and DOJ Reach Agreement on FTP Sale
House Hearing on iGaming Adjourns Without Progress on Barton Online Poker Bill
Department of Justice Won’t Confirm Agreement with Groupe Bernard Tapie
Phil Ivey Returns to Tournament Poker
Nevada Gaming Control Board Reviewing Applications for Internet Poker
December 2011
Iowa Publishes Intrastate Internet Poker Report
Five Companies Apply for NV Online Poker
Hearing Held for Campos, Elie in iPoker Case
Sheldon Adelson Opposes Legalized Online Poker
Internet Poker Rules Move to NV Gaming Commission
AGCC Commissions Full Tilt Poker Report
Game Show Network’s High Stakes Poker Canceled
Shuffle Master Applies for Nevada iPoker License
Absolute Poker’s Brent Beckley Pleads Guilty in Federal Court
Nevada Makes History as Regulators Unanimously Adopt Internet Poker Rules
Department of Justice Adjusts Stance on Internet Poker
South Point Casino Gunning to Have Nevada’s First Internet Poker Site
January 2012
New Jersey to Take Another Look at Online Gaming
AGA Continues Battle for Federal Solution
New Jersey Governor Now Behind Internet Poker
Nevada to OK Private Testing of Internet Poker Sites
Jack Abramoff Skeptical of Federal Online Gaming Bill
Complaint Filed Against UB’s Excapsa Software
Ira Rubin Enters Plea Agreement in Black Friday Case
Battle for Online Poker Sweeping the Country
Zynga Poker Eying Real-Money Play
WSOP Brand Readied For Online Regulation in U.S.
New York Federal Judge Drops RICO Claims Against Former Team Full Tilt Pros
Ferguson Close To Settling With DOJ
February 2012
Fertitta Interactive Applies for iPoker in Nevada
Poker Pros Owe Millions to FTP
MGM, Boyd Apply for Nevada Online Poker License
Mitt Romney Says He’s Against Online Gambling
Campos, Elie Request Dismissal After Wire Act Ruling
D.C. Votes to Repeal Online Gaming Legislation
Judge Sends John Campos and Chad Elie to Trial for Online Poker Charges
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs Ponders Internet Gaming in Wake of DOJ Opinion
Golden Nugget To Launch Free-Play Poker Site
Two Companies Apply to Independently Test Gaming Technology in Nevada
Nevada Hammers Out Online Poker Industry Details
Mississippi Joins Online Poker Race
California Taking Another Look at Online Poker
Federal Government Indicts Calvin Ayre
Ryan Lang Pleads Guilty to Online Poker Charges
March 2012
Bwin.Party Applies for Nevada iGaming License
Pessimism Swirls Around Federal Online Gaming Bill
Mississippi Online Poker Bill Hits The Muck
Clock Expires for Online Poker in Hawaii
Illinois Ready to Sell Lottery Tickets Online
Alderney Defends Full Tilt Poker Regulation
Daniel Tzvetkoff To Testify in Poker Trial
Nevada Regulations Adopted for Private Testing of Gaming Devices
Utah Governor Signs Bill to Ban Online Gaming
Report: Alderney Regulation ‘Appropriate’ in FTP Saga
Elie, Campos Take Deals in Online Poker Case
California Online Poker Bill Headed for Battle
Regulator: Nevada Online Poker Licenses Likely in June
Delaware on the Defensive, Considers Online Poker
April 2012
New Jersey Online Poker Bill Scores Small Win
Full Tilt Poker Applies For License And Hires
Utah Governor Pens Letter Against Federal Web Poker Bill
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