The Utter Failure Known as the Kahnawake Gaming Commission
Somewhere in Canada there is a small ice fishing shack that serves as the home of the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. The KGC is responsible for regulating many of the internet’s largest poker rooms. A lot of people may have noticed the KGC logo on the homepage of their favorite poker rooms, but few people knew much about the KGC for a long time. This was the case until last year when they were forced to rise to the surface and deal with the cheating scandal at Absolute Poker.
In 2007, it came to light that there was some cheating going on at Absolute Poker. It was also evident that members of the upper level management team at Absolute were involved in the cheating. Since this blog entry is not meant to discuss the details of the Absolute Poker scandal, you can read about it through the following link if you are not familiar with what happened; http://www.absolutepokerscandal.com/
Here is a brief synopsis of the KGC investigation through my eyes; The KGC conducted a mediocre investigation that was headed by Joe Norton. Joe Norton is also a former Kahnawake chief who is known to have financial ties to Absolute Poker… this is sort of shady if you ask me.
Jump to present time…Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet are now under the same ownership and there is evidence of more cheating that was conducted by the owners of the poker network. This time the cheating is more widespread, and it appears as though the owners of UB/AP were more deeply involved than in the previous incidents.
The gaming commission seems to be acknowledging their own lack of real expertise. The KGJ has just announced that it is going to bring in an independent investigator to deal with the new scandal. If you are from the Atlantic City area, you may already know who Frank Catania is. Frank is the former director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. He has been brought in to lead the investigation into the most recent UB/AP scandal.
As a player who has already voiced my distrust for the KGC, I think that hiring Mr. Catania is a wise decision. At the same time, I think it’s a little bit pathetic for a gaming commission to have to bring in an outside consultant. This only adds to the second-rate image that the KGJ has recently developed.
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