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After a crazy weekend where players had no idea how things would play out, followed by a lot of speculation on Monday and Tuesday as experts started to weigh-in, we finally saw some positive developments mid-week as PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker came to an agreement with the US Attorney’s office that saw the sites regain use of their domain names, heralded as a necessary step in order to return US players’ money.

In exchange for their domain names PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker agreed to no longer offer real-money online poker games in the US. Noticeably absent from this deal was Absolute Poker, and online poker players would have to wait until late Thursday before hearing –for the first time—from the site.

All three sites made their player deposits their primary concern in their statements, and all three also touched upon the legal steps they are undertaking to fight the charges leveled by the US government.

As all three online poker rooms continue to declare their innocence of any online gaming charges –stating that online poker is not an illegal enterprise—outcry from US based online poker players is likely having a huge impact on the case as it moves forward; evidenced by the very sweet deal that was cut by PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker.

You can read each site’s statement at the links below:

Full Tilt Poker statement
PokerStars statement
Absolute Poker statement
US Attorney’s statement