Many in the world of poker fretted about the “60 Minutes” story on online poker and the Absolute Poker/Ultimate Bet scandal before it aired this Sunday.
While the story put together by the CBS television news program did not paint a rosy picture of online poker, it was largely a factual investigation into the superuser scandal. It was not the “hatchet job” that many feared would air that could have been a damaging blow for online poker.
Mostly, the story portrays online poker as an unregulated industry where cheating is possible and has occurred — namely in the AP/UB scandal — but stops short of saying online poker as a whole is entirely crooked and filled with cheaters.
You can watch the whole “60 Minutes” piece here.
There is also a piece written by a Washington Post reporter who helped with the investigation here.
The story gives a primer and brief history of online poker — from Chris Moneymaker’s World Series of Poker main event victory, the industry boom, and how easy it is, in general, to play poke online. From there, interviewer Steve Kroft talks to some of the people involved in the uncovering of the superuser scandal, and details many of the sordid details.
The story never goes much into the world of online poker beyond AP/UB and the one scandal.
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