Last Day to Claim Black Friday Poker Funds

Players in the U.S. who were affected by the U.S. government’s closure of online poker sites have until Friday to request a payout of their funds.

According to the indictment, players have until July 22 to request their money. Many players had tens of thousands of dollars in their player accounts when the government handed down indictments directed at several major companies in the online poker world, including PokerStars.com, Full Tilt Poker, Absolute Poker and others.

Players must make their claim in New York federal court if they haven’t yet withdrawn their money from the online poker rooms. Most of the sites re-opened briefly with permission from the government so players could withdraw money, but not all players did and not all the sites paid out. Now, players have to hope their court claims will be successful.

Some experts are suggesting that players will be lucky to cash out 10 percent of their money, now that they have waited this long.

On April 15, also known as “Black Friday” in the online poker world, the federal government shut down some of the largest poker sites, froze player monies and handed down indictments that include charges of money laundering and bank fraud.

Some believe that most of the sites don’t have the money to return to players.