After the Black Friday in online poker when the three biggest poker websites have been closed down and seized by the FBI (officially, for lying to financial institutions about the nature of their transactions passing them off as transactions related to purchases of common goods through the internet rather than to online poker or gambling), the Feds are gradually becoming subject to public mockery as players who formerly played at Pokerstars, Full Tillt or Absolute Poker have simply moved to offshore gambling companies, effectively shifting all gambling revenues from the U.S. to countries where not event the VAT is required. Amidst these developments doubts are rising about the sagacity of the move that ultimately prevented Americans from playing online within the boundaries of their home countries.