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Kahnawake Report on Absolute Poker Scandal Predictably Incomplete

1/14/2008 11:09:49 AM

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission (KGC) finally issued its official report on the Absolute Poker cheating scandal and as expected, it is woefully lacking in significant details, proving yet again how ineffectual KGC is as an organization when it comes to regulating and policing the actions of its permit holders. The Commission took all the credit for initiating the investigation into what it refers to as “impugned activities” and fined AP the paltry sum of $500,000 (which probably amounts to Scott Tom’s monthly champagne budget), along with the complete costs associated with the investigation, in addition to ordering AP to post an undisclosed security deposit. So, in essence, the KGC ends up $500,000 richer.

Key findings include:

• For a period of 6 weeks beginning on August 14, 2007, accounts known as Graycat, Payup, Steamroller, Potripper, XXCashmoneyXX aka SupercardM55, Doubledrag and RonfalcoXXB aka Romnaldo participated in online poker games using software that enabled them to see “hole cards.”

• That after these “impugned activities” occurred, a person or person associated with Absolute Poker deleted certain gaming logs and records effectively hampering the Commission’s investigation.

• That AP failed to notify KGC within 24 hours of learning about the cheating.

What the report does not list is any of the names of those within AP’s organization who were responsible for either initiating the cheating scheme or covering it up, nor does it mention any punishment regarding these individuals, or who were the individuals in control of the accounts named, where the money went, how this could have happened in the first place, what actions were taken to ensure it never happens again, why AP took so long to even acknowledge that cheating was going on, how KGC determined the cheating was isolated to only a 6-week period when they freely admit records were deleted, and finally, the report does nothing to establish a transparency as to the ownership and control of Absolute Poker, and nothing to dispel the hovering specter of Scott Tom and his merry band of Montana fraternity brothers.

Click on the Kahnawake Gaming Commission report on the Absolute Poker cheating scandal to read the entire document.

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