Are there rumours of a cheating scandal over at Ultimate Bet Poker and Absolute Poker?
$85 Million Claim Filed in Ultimate Bet Cheating Scandal Posted on 18 September 2008 MSNBC published a lengthy article on Thursday outlining the history of the cheating scandal that erupted on Ultimate Bet this year. The highlight was word of an $85 million claim filed by Blast-Off Ltd, which MSNBC claims is a private company that has an ownership interest in the online poker room. Publicly, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker are both owned by Tokwiro Enterprises. It was filed in Malta and is one of the first known claims to be filed in the matter. Sheldon Krakower is in charge of liquidating Excapsa Software, which “formerly owned and licensed the poker software to Ultimate Bet,” according to the article. He told MSNBC that the $85 million figure “did not directly correlate with the amount believed to have been stolen from Ultimate Bet players.” Warning signs on Ultimate Bet crept up in January, when members of online poker forums like TwoPlusTwo and PocketFives noticed astronomical retu
$85 Million Claim Filed in Ultimate Bet Cheating Scandal Posted on 18 September 2008 MSNBC published a lengthy article on Thursday outlining the history of the cheating scandal that erupted on Ultimate Bet this year. The highlight was word of an $85 million claim filed by Blast-Off Ltd, which MSNBC claims is a private company that has an ownership interest in the online poker room. Publicly, Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker are both owned by Tokwiro Enterprises. It was filed in Malta and is one of the first known claims to be filed in the matter. Sheldon Krakower is in charge of liquidating Excapsa Software, which “formerly owned and licensed the poker software to Ultimate Bet,” according to the article. He told MSNBC that the $85 million figure “did not directly correlate with the amount believed to have been stolen from Ultimate Bet players.” Warning signs on Ultimate Bet crept up in January, when members of online poker forums like TwoPlusTwo and PocketFives noticed astronomical retu
