If the feds were the ones who seized the money shouldn't we be able to contact the feds to see where the money is? Would that be a viable idea and if so who would you contact? My understanding was that regular players were not breaking the UIGEA only the payment processors. If that's so I would have nothing to hide. Isn't there due process?
Well, the feds can't have seized EVERYTHING, and unlike every other seizure, there has been no sign of progress in negotiating a repatriation of money to customers in exchange for undertakings to stay out of the US and repay as fines any profits made from illegal activities.
What about the Canadian customers? They nor EWX were breaking UIGEA, so there was never any question of this money being forfeit.
What about that time when all EWX customers received an email about "$50 in your account", only to find that a casino was being promoted on the EWX website with a $50 free chip.
These are the kinds of things that make it look like EWX "did a runner" with at least some of the money belonging to customers, and are not going to start negotiating with the DoJ to return it to the customers.
In addition, it seems even the DoJ have gone very quiet over the whole affair, as though there is far more to this than the usual bust and seizure of a processor. Casino operators seemed to know well in advance that something was seriously wrong, yet whilst this information was not in the public domain, were still processing players' withdrawals to EWX knowing full well that these players would probably never see this money.
It is possible this is now a "secret" ongoing investigation, and the DoJ are saying nothing in public, but may pounce suddenly with a rash of indictments. The other possibilty is that EWX was just another Linwood, and had served it's purpose, so it simply vanished, with the seizure not being genuine, but designed as a cover story to be found out by anyone who persisted in digging for answers.
One operator was put on the spot over this, and although our speculation was spot on, said he knew what had happened, but could not say a thing due to some undisclosed "sword hanging over his head" should he spill the beans. This delay caused many players to needlessly lose money, as had they known EWX was pretty much dead, they would NEVER have agreed to any of their withdrawals being sent there, even if this meant sitting tight and leaving the money in their casino accounts, and withdrawing it after EWX was no longer a listed option, and to a different method.
It seems as though the casinos wanted to get rid of the liabilty by railroading players into having their money sent to EWX, and needed to do so before the seizure became public knowledge. Some players did spot the BS and held firm, and once EWX's seizure became public, the casinos were left liable to pay by a more realistic alternative means.
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