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Breaking News: Full Tilt loses license!
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This morning, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) suspended the license of Full Tilt Poker. In two seperate statements the AGCC said the following:
“Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has today issued Hearing Notices under Regulation 46 of its Regulations to Vantage Ltd, Oxalic Ltd, Filco Ltd and Orinic Ltd, collectively trading as FULL TILT POKER.
In addition, AGCC has issued Suspension Notices under Regulation 47 to the above named companies requiring them to suspend all operations with immediate effect.
The decision to suspend these licenses follows a special investigation prompted by the indictments unsealed by US Attorney General’s Office in the Southern District of New York on 15th April 2011, during which grounds were found to indicate that these licensees and their business associates were operating contrary to Alderney legislation. The nature of the findings necessitated the taking of immediate action in the public interest.
The venue and date for the hearing will be announced in due course.”
And in the second statement:
“The above named companies must, until the Suspension Notices are cancelled or the Commissioners of AGCC have reached a determination at the conclusion of the hearing convened in accordance with Regulation 46 of the Alderney eGambling Regulations, 2009 cease to exercise their eGambling licenses, which means that these licensees must from today cease to:
-Register new customers;
-Accept deposits from existing customers;
-Allow existing customers to withdraw funds that are held in their accounts; and
-Permit customers to participate in any form of poker game play or gambling transaction.
The Alderney Gambling Control Commission will hear the matters contained in the Hearing Notices at a Regulatory Hearing which will commence at 10.00am on Tuesday 26th July, 2011 at the Victoria Park Plaza Hotel, 239 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 1EQ. In the event that there is a change to these details this notice will be amended.”
Full Tilt has not responded yet, but if you go to the Full Tilt site you will see a message: “Scheduled Maintenance In Progress – The system is currently down for maintenance. Please check back soon!”
Full Tilt Pro Dwan díd respond: “Seems like alderney regulatory body (where ftp’s license is) just shut down ftp. Wow I think?”
Conclusion: If you are a customer of Full Tilt Poker you will have to wait with playing, depositing or withdrawing untill July 26th. Watch mpcpoker.com for the latest developments on this matter.
Update June 30th:
Full Tilt released a statement via their Customer Support:
“Hi xxx,
As you have heard, the Alderney Gaming Control Commission (AGCC) has suspended Full Tilt Poker’s license with immediate effect, subject to a formal hearing late July.
Full Tilt is in ongoing discussions with the AGCC with the aim of rectifying the situation as soon as possible, therefore re-enabling real money play on the site.
Unfortunately, until this is resolved Full Tilt Poker is unable to facilitate any play, and this includes deposits and withdrawals.
Full Tilt Poker are deeply sorry for this inconvenience and will update you as and when there is further information available.
Thanks
Regards,
Mark
Full Tilt Poker Support”