It would seem that there is much speculation about the fact that Anurag Dikshit’s coming forward with the US Department of Justice may not have sat well with his co-founders. In fact, there is talk that they are actually very upset with him and that a serious rift has formed between the three founders in regards to it.

Last week Dikshit, one of the founders of the poker site Party Gaming, came forward and cleared the slate with the US DOJ, thus saving his own hide. The $300 million settlement, which really isn’t that much, has created hard feelings within the group. The poker site was at one point easily one of the world’s largest poker services and was created by Dikshit, Ruth Parasol, her husband Russell De Leon, and their marketing person Vikrant Bhargava.

Not only has Dikshit alienated those at his poker home, but he has also alienated those other large online gambling companies, whether poker related or not. The confession and subsequent settlement could spell trouble for a lot of other people in the poker and gambling industry. The industry is easily worth about $12 billion a year, and this confession was a coup for the DOJ. This puts them in a better position to go after the other large poker and gambling sites as well.

Dikshit may have simply wanted to clear the slate for himself and end the circus that it had become, but it has far reaching consequences for the others. If the man needed the money it might be different, but considering he is worth more than $500 million and still owns 27.7% of the poker company.