eGaming Review May 2012 | Page 40

POKER: A NEW HOPE FEATURE 11 May 24 May 24 May 31 May 2011 Absolute Poker reaches agreement with DoJ, but does not request the return of its dot.com domains 2011 Bradley Franzen changes his plea to guilty and agrees to cooperate with federal prosecutors 2011 DoJ seizes 10 further egaming domains including DoylesRoom.com and BetED.com 2011 Phil Ivey ?les lawsuit against Full Tilt over “unsettled accounts”, subsequently rebutted by operator ‘WHEN BLACK FRIDAY HAPPENED, WE ALTERED THE MARKETING ACTIVITY BUT WE DIDN’T CHANGE OUR STRATEGY FROM JUNE 2010 WHEN WE WENT INTO A NEW APPROACH IN POKER' Itai Freiberger, 888 something like Rush Poker, we could well see them lose a few customers.” There seems to now be a widespread consensus that if Full Tilt does return it will do so on a signi?cantly smaller scale in the early stages, with former sponsored pro Roberto Romanello saying: “I can’t see it being anything like what it used to be, but hopefully it goes in the right direction, and there’s nothing to say it can’t eventually build its way back up there.” However, the enduring appeal of Rush Poker is still expected to play a signi?cant role in helping the operator retain a reasonable portion of its player base, despite others launching comparable products. 29 June 15 June 2011 The Alderney Gambling Control Commission suspends Full Tilt’s four operating licences 2011 Full Tilt releases its last new product to date, a downloadable mobile version of Rush Poker 30 June 2011 RICO suit brought against the operator in a Nevada court by four poker players 1 July 2011 Phil Ivey announces he intends to drop his lawsuit against Tiltware 7 July 4 July 2011 PokerStars appoints former Dis ?W?W?V2W&?2????&V?6W"2?VB?b6?'?&FR6???V??6F???0??#?g&V?6?&VwV?F?'?WF??&?G?$?T?7W7V?G2gV??F??N( ?2g&V?6??W&F??r?6V?6P????????rf?"7F??????fV?&W"?'v???'G?4d??'F??vV?v??B7VvvW7FVBF?BF?R?W&F?"?VVFVBF?( ?6VR6??WF???r?V?F???W%7F'>( ??v???R??2v?&F??rv2W&?2?6?VFvVB?F?R6???V?G2F?V?FW'??6V?6R???r6??RF?BF?RgWGW&R?b????R??W"?W&F?'2( 2'F?7V?&?v?F???F?V?&WF?6?U276R( 2???vVB??F?R&W7V7F?fRv?&?W2F?V???#b?v???R?7FVB?W&F?'2v?F?G&Wrg&??F?R?W&?6??&?WB??F?R?v?B?bF?RV??vgV???FW&?WBv?&??rV?f?&6V?V?B7B?T?tT??B?F?W'27F?VB??B????VBf?"?V'22F??Vv?F?Rf??VBv?&?Rv2F?R??RF?V?'?F??6P??#"?V???#b?V???#?gV??F??B7??6?&VB&????v?&F???'F??2F?6?76?g&??F?R?V?R$?4?7V?@??#?t42?V&??r??F?gV??F??N( ?27F?f?F?W2?2?V?B?????F???&Vf?&R&V??rF??W&?VBV?F??6WFV?&W ???VwW7@??"VwW7@??#?gV??F??B?2?fW&GVR?6V?6RfVW2???V?F??rF? *3#S??F?F?Rt40??#?gV??F??B&V?Ww2?G26V6??F'??6V?6Rv?F?F?R???v?Rv??r6???76???C??wwr?Vw&?v???R?6???