Players Disappointed with Kahnawake Report on Absolute Poker
Written by Renee K | Saturday, January 12th, 2008
In mid-December of last year, the Kahnawake Gaming Commission officially declared that it was in the process of reviewing the case regarding popular poker room, Absolute Poker.
The casino had been accused of breaching their customers’ trust by allowing activities on its site that led to cheating.
As a result of complaints by a number of site members, who performed their own investigation into the matter before taking their case before the Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the Commission secured the services of Gaming Associates to secure and digest all the auditing information off Absolute Poker’s system. A report by Gaming Associates was finally submitted to the Commission, which reviewed the findings and issued a statement last week.
The report found that from August 14th, 2007 – and for a period of 6 weeks – several accounts off the Absolute Poker system were used to view the hole cards of unsuspecting fellow players. As a result, the people who were responsible were removed from any type of employment role at Absolute Poker. When the case was made public, certain elements within Absolute Poker tried to cover up the truth and hamper investigations by deleting records. The report stated that it found no evidence that Absolute Poker initiated these activities, although it was guilty to some extent for not contacting the Kahnawake Gaming Commission within 24 hours of discovering this breach. Although those players who were affected by the cheating were paid back in full, plus interest, the report still allows anybody else to make a claim within 60 days.
After reading about the sanctions that were brought against Absolute Poker, many players in the gambling industry are reportedly disappointed with the results. As one blogger wrote, the $500,000 fine to the Commission is simply a ‘drop in the bucket’, and would not be effective in preventing this type of activity from taking place again. The site will also be subject to random audit checks, at its own expense, over the next two years. Absolute Poker was sanctioned to give a security deposit to the Commission which would be used to cover any expenses occurred if it breached any rules or regulations in the future.
In a statement issued after the publication of the report, Absolute Poker acknowledged that the report was “complete and accurate”. The site went on to state that it was “pleased, after these many months, that Absolute Poker can finally put behind it a most distressing and regrettable experience for the Company, its employees, and its customers.” Many players, however, are not convinced that Absolute Poker’s role in the matter was properly investigated, especially since the names of the guilty parties were never publicized. It remains to be seen whether the poker room will be able to pick up the pieces of its reputation after this event and move forward.
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