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Prior to Black Friday Full Tilt Poker was considered the John Gotti of the online poker world; the site had been sued multiple times –ranging from former Team Full Tilt Poker Pro Clonie Gowen to Lary Kennedy who sued the site over confiscated funds– and each time was able to win the case. However, just like the “Teflon Don” eventually the site found itself facing some serious legal battles, and now that the Department of Justice has exposed the many holes in the Full Tilt Poker operation a number of other players who feel they are entitled to a piece of the Full Tilt Poker pie –or the crumbs that are left anyway.

In addition to several Class Action Lawsuits filed in the US and Canada, Full Tilt has also been named in a couple of “Hail Mary” lawsuits; one filed by the State of Kentucky (which has been trying to confiscate high-profile online gaming domain names for years); the other by a company called Cardroom International, claiming Full Tilt Poker used their advertising presence to force ESPN/ABC, NBC, and FOX to license Full Tilt Poker’s software for their play-money games.

While these latter two lawsuits seem more opportunistic than the more legitimate Class Action suits filed by Full Tilt players who are merely seeking that their own money is returned, it does demonstrate that any potential saviors investors of Full Tilt Poker will likely have many of these types of cases to contend with as the sharks continue to circle the waters off the coast of Dublin.