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This is getting pretty ugly now that they are involving the financial services industry in all this. I think they are not only trying to destroy the online gaming industry in the US, but I think they are trying to strong-arm billions in settlements as well. So, even those who have pulled out after this new cosmodemonic legislation passed could well be in trouble since the DOJ holds that online gambling was always illegal and it looks like there are other laws they could pull out of their arses besides the Wire Act. The DOJ is obviously very serious and this new law seems nastier than I thought becuase pretty much anyone can get hit with a conspiracy charge.
It's not outside the realm of possibility that neteller, partypoker, et al. could cooperate as part of a negotiated settlement, turing over information on affilaites and players. I'm sure some of these "trusted" casinos will roll right over on all its US supporters to save their asses.
It looks like this is just getting started, unfortunately - a couple anxious years are ahead until this newfound prosecutorial zeal wanes. They are prosecuting this as if they were going after the Gambino family. Jesus, I think Pokerstars, Bodog, Click2Pay and the others are either unimaginably brave, unimaginably greedy, or unimaginably stupid - well, probably all three.
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