While we are all laughing about how incompetant and ineffective the justice department is and how flawed their legal arguments are they (and associated government agencies) have been kicking our asses for the last year and a half.
* During that time frame they have convinced all the major credit card processing banks in the US and most of the ones abroad to stop accepting transactions for online gambling.
* They successfully sued Paypal and collected $10 million dollars in fines. This move also removed what was then the most popular alternative form of payment processing we had and cost us 30% of our business.
* Through subpeonas and threats of further legal action they forced major media outlets to drop our advertising. This includes Clear Channel, Infinity Broadcasting, Discovery Channel, Overture, Yahoo, Google and Tera Lycos. The cumulative effects of this are not yet known, but could very well prove fatal for a LARGE percentage of the smaller online casinos and affiliates.
*Their next target is ISP and Web Hosts. If we can’t host sites and ISPs block access to our casinos and our portals how will we shrug that off? (AOL, Earthlink, MSN etc…)
Folks this is VERY Serious stuff that’s going on. I understand the emotional need to let off steam or “whistle by the graveyard”, but it’s important to recognize the severity of our present situation.