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During his first Twitter Town Hall, Nevada Senator Harry Reid was asked yesterday, on 14th September by many about the possibility of a regulated online poker creating jobs.

The State of Nevada has proposed bills to regulate online poker within the state.

More and more senators and casinos stand in the line to support the legalization of online gambling, and it also seems that America is desperately in need of a new source of income.

The American tax authorities would make every Full Tilt Poker player pay taxes, even after the money they still have stuck on the Internet.

A new website has been launched, under the name fulltiltscrewed.me. The owners of the site are encouraging those who have their bankroll stuck on Full Tilt to sign their petition.

The Poker Players Alliance (PPA) has recently issued a legal guide on how exactly Full Tilt Poker, UB and Absolute Poker players can try to legally retrieve their money.

Online poker traffic has dropped by 2.6% over the past week; one of the rooms experiencing the greatest loss was Full Tilt Poker. Most rooms react quickly to the domain seizures of May 23.

Additional online gambling sites were seized by US officials on Monday, May 23. Although this time Merge, Bodog and Cake Poker were not involved, US players started to withdraw their money from these rooms and networks as well.

Bill Rini, a recognized expert in the poker industry wrote a blog post yesterday about the shortcomings of the Poker Players Alliance. He criticizes the alliance for their way of arguing for the legalization of online poker.

Caesars Entertainment CEO and President Gary Loveman has recently explained at CNNMoney.com why he believes Black Friday has created an unprecedented opportunity for the US to regulate and thus make money on online poker. Here is a short introduction to his line of thoughts.

Absolute Poker and UB, members of the Cereus Poker Network have finally issued a statement concerning the indictment of the US Department of Justice. They haven't commented on the legal action so far, but now they ensured their users that their main priority is to refund the balances to the players.

ESPN's Twitter revealed that Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars made an agreement with the US Attorney's Office to "facilitate return of U.S. player funds."

Although no one has proved it yet, many believe that there is a single man behind the Black Friday of online poker: Australian businessman Daniel Tzvetkoff, who is now buried in the Nevada Desert in the minds of most of the community. Business Insider and Courier Mail report.

Last Friday's happenings shook the poker world. The enormous crackdown in online poker history has dramatically dropped the traffic of the concerned sites. Below you can read a brief summary of the recent news concerning the seizure of the 3 biggest US-friendly poker sites.

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized the domain names of 4 major poker rooms, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, UB.com and Absolute Poker. According to a statement from the Department of Justice, the founders of the sites are charged with “bank fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling offenses."