Blanca Gaming, the parent company of UB.com / Absolute Poker, has finally reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice! This means that all U.S. players with outstanding funds at UB.com / Absolute Poker can expect their money back soon.
In the agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice it says that Blanca Games will stop all games for money in the U.S. and that the authorities will[...] Read more » UB.com / Absolute Poker will return their U.S. players money!
Joined: May '09
Location: India
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 4873
finally they managed to reach an agreement with US govt, relief for american players who had money stuck there. but they seem to be short of funds so might take some time before they process the withdrawals
Joined: Mar '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 44 (M)
Posts: 6714
Yep good news indeed, as the were going to declair bankrupcy leaving all without a penny, but think the realised they couldent, Id advise any one to stay well clear from these sites from now on, they were about to rip everyone off and start again...thats why so many people went to Party Poker, good name one thats proven to be trustworthy, shame I cant log in ;[
Joined: Apr '11
Location: Romania
Age: 35 (M)
Posts: 6669
I really hope that all united states players will get their money back from ultimate bet and absolute poker. Still i think they aren't out of the woods yet considering the major loss of poker traffic they had after the black friday. The majority of players were from united states and canada, so from there they get the rake dollars, not their income are down a lot. B1gfoot i don't think all sites wanted to rip off their members, i mean surely not pokerstars and full tilt poker. As for ultimate bet and absolute poker it's possible that they simply don't have the financial power to give the money back to their us members. For me personally the only incovinience after the black friday was that i can't withdraw money anymore using moneybookers from my full tilt poker account, other than that i can't really say there is such a big difference after the unites states players aren't more allowed on the tables.
