Alderney, part of the Channel Islands is the jurisdiction of Full Tilt Poker. Following the Black Friday, officials of the AGCC wished not to comment on the future of the operating licences of Channel Islands-based gambling site Full Tilt Poker, however, it seemed they can continue conducting business as usual.

Alderney Gambling Control Commission

In the previous hours, however, the Alderney Gambling Control Commission released a press release, in which they suspend the operating license of Full Tilt Poker with immediate effect:

"Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) has today issued Hearing Notices under Regulation 46 of its Regulations to Vantage Ltd, Oxalic Ltd, Filco Ltd and Orinic Ltd, collectively trading as FULL TILT POKER.

In addition, AGCC has issued Suspension Notices under Regulation 47 to the above named companies requiring them to suspend all operations with immediate effect.

The decision to suspend these licenses follows a special investigation prompted by the indictments unsealed by US Attorney General’s Office in the Southern District of New York on 15th April 2011, during which grounds were found to indicate that these licensees and their business associates were operating contrary to Alderney legislation. The nature of the findings necessitated the taking of immediate action in the public interest."

Fulltiltpoker.com is currently unavailable, ongoing games seem to have stopped, servers are down. No official comment has been made by Full Tilt Poker so far, who say that the downtime is a result of "scheduled maintenance".

Scheduled Maintenance

Reactions from Twitter:

Kevin Mathers (Kevmath):
"Looks like shit just got real for Full Tilt Poker with Alderney’s Gaming Commission suspending their license"

Tom Dwan:
"Seems like alderney regulatory body (where ftp’s license is) just shut down ftp. Wow I think?"

Bryan Pellegrino:
“my 1ks just got paused on FTP… result of this? are they ceasing operations?”

Keith Hawkins:
“Full Tilt ceases operations. I guess after Black Friday, today should be called Predictable Wednesday. I hope everyone gets their money.”

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