Online Poker Industry Report July 30, 2008

Another stagnant week in online poker.  The entire market was about break-even with last week.  Rooms of note are Party who was up almost 22% on the back of several promotions all hitting at the same time.  Everest retreated from last week’s big pop.  More or less those that were down this week were up …

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Tokwiro Releases UB Cheating Scandal Statement

It looks as if Tokwiro, parent company of UB and Absolute, has issued a statement regarding their investigation into the cheating happening over at UB. I’ve included the statement below. TOKWIRO CONCLUDES ITS INVESTIGATION INTO UNFAIR PLAY ON ULTIMATEBET SITE Findings Turned Over to KGC Refunds to Affected Players Continue Company Will Pursue All Legal …

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Kanhawake Gaming Commission Reads Bill’s Poker Blog

Either that or I have good timing. 🙂 No sooner had I fired off my post expressing disappointment regarding KGC, UB, and Absolute’s failure to offer something of substance in regards to the cheating scandals KGC issued the following press release. KAHNAWA:KE GAMING COMMISSION APPOINTS INDEPENDENT MONITORING-INVESTIGATION TEAM Effective immediately, the Kahnawa:ke Gaming Commission (KGC) …

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Be Careful What You Wish For

I was playing devil’s advocate the other day and I was wondering what if we were close to getting legalized and regulated online gaming in the US. If I was anti-gaming and realized that I can’t fight the trend anymore, how might I throw in a curveball to muck things up? Then it occurred to …

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