Online poker seemed to inhabit a greyer area. Sports betting online is illegal and last year David Carruthers, former chief executive of London's BetOnSports, was jailed for 33 months for 'racketeering conspiracy'. Gaming is, and always has been, a hot topic in the US. But for them to do it like this was really, really surprising.' Popular sites –, and – all have notices stating: 'This domain name has been seized by the FBI.' Buchan said: 'Something had to happen at some point. Buchan noticed the action when he couldn't log on to his usual site.
