Petitioners Submit Banking Information for Absolute Poker / Ultimate Bet Claims Petitioners Submit Banking Information for Absolute Poker / Ultimate Bet Claims
Key Takeaways
  • This first round of payments totals nearly $33.5 million and will be distributed to the approximately 7400 petitioners.
  • Petitioners will receive the funds within four to six weeks of submitting the requested payment information.
  • The current deadline to submit petitions is September 7, 2017.

Following an announcement earlier this month that the US Department of Justice has approved the first round of payments to online poker players that lost their Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet deposits after the law enforcement agency effectively closed down the sites in April 2011, emails went out on Friday informing petitioners to submit their banking details in order to receive payment.