One group of 150 professional poker players and online gamblers began their exodus to Costa Rica after the last "Black Friday" on April 15, 2011, when U.S. federal prosecutors began a chase for payment of tax on poker winnings online against three of the founders of the biggest portals such activity.
A company located in Costa Rica is even responsible for carrying there to poker players and install in Jaco Beach luxury apartments, where, surrounded by giant monitors spend long hours online.