Comments on: 60 Minutes considering Absolute Poker story

By: James

James — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:22:34 +0000

Five years ago I remember getting reading heated debated in online poker forums regarding cheating in online poker. The “online is 100% legit” crowd argued that yes, there MAY be some fly-by-night poker sites that are not legit, but as long as you stay with a REPUTABLE site, they are ok. They would name the “big 4″ as examples of REPUTABLE sites… Party Poker, Poker Stars, Absolute, and Ultimate. Now that TWO of the FOUR in their “reputable” list have had problems,
I read “well, that was isolated, it’s not happening anywhere else…”
The “nothing wrong with online poker” argument has lost some credibility.

By: 60 Minutes Story on Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet "Superuser" Scandals to Run This Sunday

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 08:46:40 +0000

[...] The oft-delayed 60 Minutes piece about the Absolute Poker / Ultimatebet “superuser” scandals will finally run this Sunday on CBS. The story, which is a collaboration between 60 Minutes and the Washington Post, will run this Sunday at 7 pm ET/PT. The piece is titled “The Cheaters.” The 60 Minutes piece will obviously take a harsh tone towards the companies involved in the scandal (AP and UB) and probably the online poker industry as a whole. Here are some selected snippets from the write-up about the story that now appears on the CBSNews.com (link below) web site: -”60 Minutes / Washington Post Joint investigation Questions Honesty, Security of Gambling Sites” -”…That’s because managers of the mostly-unregulated $18 billion Internet gambling industry failed to respond to their complaints” -”…Though such gambling is illegal in both Canada and the U.S., the betting laws in those countries have no jurisdiction on the sovereign reservation.” The story will contain interviews with some of the key people involved in investigating and bringing to light the original Absolute Poker “superuser” scandal. According to the CBSNews web site, this story comes as the result of a four-month investigation that was carried out by 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft, producer Ira Rosen and Washington Post report Gilbert Gaul. This story will almost certainly do its very best to bury AB/UB and likely the online poker industry as a whole. Many will be tuned in to 60 Minutes on Sunday to see just how damaging the story is – it would be interesting to know just how many casual players at Absolute Poker and Ultimatebet stop playing at the two rooms because of this story. The bigger question is – how much damage will the entire online poker industry suffer as a result of this story? We’ll soon find out. Sources: CBS News – How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters Nat Arem – Nat’s original post on the 60 Minutes Absolute Poker Story [...]

By: Charlie

Charlie — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:31:13 +0000

I went logged out of my account on 09/14/08 with 197.00
I log back in on 09/15/08 and there is no money in my account. AP said they found nothing wrong. They sent me history and it showed i had lost it all at one sitting of hold’em. Get your money out of this site now!!!!

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:04:09 +0000

Online poker should NOT be banned…but government regulated.

By: lance

lance — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:41:11 +0000

This is bad full stop. Its going to re-enforce on why online poker should be banned