60 minutes tonight
Story about poker players that stole 20 mil and got away with it. Thought some of you guys might want to check it out after placing your bets.
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I'll be watching!Comment -
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A lot of money in poker.Comment -
I use 60 minutes each Sunday to give my mind a break from the madness that is betting sportsComment -
I don't like 60 min draw attention to internet gambling
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There will be a witch hunt after this shitComment -
After seeing this story, why would anyone play poker or casino games online?Comment -
I never play in a game above $200 buy-in. Never trusted the high stakes games onlne. Most if not all the cheating has been in high stakes.Originally posted by HedgeHogComment -
nice report by 60 minutes. They got a few things wrong, but this is a really old story. If you want to play, use Full Tilt or Poker StarsComment -
Croft never once talked about the 2006 gambling law, or how it's tougher to fund accounts. He said "all you need is a credit card." Maybe to play, but not to cash out.Comment -
Old news....but great story. Can't trust Canadian Indians or anyone from Costa Rica.
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I don't believe the story. It's just propaganda by the US Government.Originally posted by HedgeHog
To prove it, I'm sending in a $100,000 right now to play Hearts online.
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I know you saw the part where they pretty much said that it is impossible to regulate internet gambling because it is a off shore business.Originally posted by The SeerComment -
$20 million stolen from players by cheating, fuking unreal. Release the other names and let them get what they deserve.Comment -
They're not even being prosecuted?
Shows ya how well regulated the internet gambling world is, steal 20 million and all they ask is to tell how you did it and to apologize
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they also paid the money back, better than the thieves on wallstreet do
and they are supposedly regulatedComment -
what happend in the story or can you see it on another site? I missed the episode.Comment -
Did Hamilton and them have to pay all the money back? If so I guess it's all good I guess, not sure how you can go back 4 years and find all the people they stole from but who knows. I wasn't even sure AP paid the people back, guess some broke high roller is gonna log onto his account after 4 years and find 50k he didn't know got robbed from himOriginally posted by wtfComment -
yes.Originally posted by The SeerI don't like 60 min draw attention to internet gambling
It's laughable that rich poker players the biggest scum are the ones trying to make an exemption for their game.bird bird da bird's da wordComment -
according to the story in the washington post yes all moneys were returned. i imagine fairly easy to find most players ripped off.Comment -
The important point that one person made is:
These cheats were real amateurs, and greedy. A fairly mediocre cheat could milk such an advantage forever, and probably is.bird bird da bird's da wordComment -
the real 'cheating' that you should be worried about is when players log on to the same game and help or tell each other which hands they have. There isn't much you can do about that either.Comment -
Just saw the story. I always thought online poker was for tools. You never know who you're playing. Poker should be played at a table where you can see all the players. If any hacker or rogue employee can see your cards, then you're screwed.Comment -
He didnt pay back a dime from what we know. The new ownership of UB and AP paid ot of pocket ll the debts to their players! Kinda suxs though that they wont release names even if the player made a deal with the site ahead of time!Originally posted by bettilimbroke999Comment -
All those sites are prolly hackable by a skilled hacker, no doubt we've all played guys who could see our cards, it's sick but prolly trueComment -
yeah definitely has to be stuff out their where you could hack and see somebody elses cardsComment -
I think it speaks to how smart some of these good poker players are, that they figured it all out and forced these poker sites to pay out.
I don't if anyone made the connection, but the guy that the Native American's hired to investigate the case was the same guy who help setup gambling at Foxwoods in Connecticut. Guy could write a hell of a book about his life in gambling. Goes from cleaning up AC to essentially creating gambling in Conneticut, working in Vegas, and now this.Comment -
Sounds like the Fix 6 idiots.Originally posted by reno coolComment -
Wow this thread really shows how little most of sbr knows about how offshore works.Comment -
Meaning?Originally posted by mathdotcomComment -
I wouldnt say they were Amateurs, but I would say there were dumb fks. If anyone saw the final hand between Crazy Marco and Potrigger you would know exactly what I mean! These guys were just to greedy and were trying to take ever penny they could and refused to let them selfs lose. Im sorry but Amateurs is the wrong word, Dumb Fks is more like it. If they werent dumb fks they prob still be getting away with it do this day with no detection!Originally posted by reno coolComment -
I can't believe I went all in for 10k on a stone cold bluff and potrigger called me with jack high, what a fukin genius
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if u guys had the software to cheat and make millions, you would to. all online poker is rigged. even pokerstars and full tilt. I've play live poker in casinos and online and the worst beats Ive ever had were online.Comment
