FEATURE POKER: A NEW HOPE
31 October
2 Nov
7 Nov
17 Nov
5 Dec
2011
Absolute Poker presents repayment plan to US Department of Justice
2011
Groupe Bernard Tapie reaches repayment agreement in principle with DoJ; talks with Full Tilt continue
2011
SunFirst Bank, formerly part-owned by indictee John Campos, enters receivership
2011
GBT claims to have agreed a fee of US$80m with DoJ for Full Tilt Poker acquisition
2011
PokerStars breaks world record for number of players in one online tournament
11 Jan
2012
PokerStars launches ?rst realmoney iPhone app in Italy. UK version follows
4 Jan
20 Dec
2012
PokerStars awarded Belgian licence, to go with Danish licence awarded in December
2011
Absolute Poker head of payments Brent Beckley pleads guilty and admits to deceiving banks
15 Dec
7 Dec
2011
Groupe Bernard Tapie hands in ‘last-minute’ application for licence in newly regulating Spanish market
2011
AGCC appoints former UK Gambling Commission chair for external review into conduct over FTP
28 Feb
23 March
26 March
2012
GBT extends its deadline with Full Tilt, remains con?dent of completing a deal for the operator
2012
Full Tilt subsidiary Orinic, whose licence had only been suspended, applies for new Alderney licence
2012
Chad Elie changes plea to guilty; admits charges including conspiracy to commit bank fraud
27 March
27 March
2012
AGCC external review published - calls FTP episode ‘deplorable’ but accepts that due process was followed
2012
John Campos reaches plea deal, meaning 9 April trial, due to take place in Manhattan, is postponed
WARNING SIGNS
April
3 April
29 March
2012
Laurent Tapie named as a director of Irishincorporated company ‘New Full Tilt Ltd’, later renamed Gcubed Ltd
2012
Full Tilt’s technology and marketing company Pocket Kings places advertisement for new jobs in Ireland
2012
Judge Lewis Kaplan delays Campos deal and questions why US government would “walk away from the case”
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