GPWA Times Magazine - Issue 7 - January 2009
Grand Prive Casino Group Talk about larceny. This group deserves jeers after shutting down its affiliate program and eliminatingaffiliatecommissions late last year while keeping its online casinos open for business. Russ Hamilton The former World Series of Pok- er Main Event champ allegedly profited big time from the “supe- ruser” scandal at UltimateBet. That scandal, chronicled by the TV newsmagazine “60 Minutes,” allowed certain users to see the hole cards of players at the table. And it gave online poker a black eye when it least needed one. Steve Beshear The governor of Kentucky decided he could playmoralist for the world when he tried to seize 141 online gambling domains because they were “illegal gambling devices.” Apparently, as long as his precious Kentuckians were protected from the “evils” of online gambling, he didn’t care that the millions of people out there who wanted to enjoy a legal pastime without interference might be unable to access their accounts and games. Spencer Bachus The reflexively anti-online gambling Congressman from Alabama said in a hearing this year that “McGill Uni- versity found that one-third of college students who gamble on the Internet ultimately attempted suicide.” Err, one problem, Congressman. “This assertion, which is reportedly based upon our empirical research, is not predicateduponanyfactualevidence,” said McGill gambling and addiction researcher Jeffrey L. Derevensky. by J. Todd, Executive Director, APCW The online gambling industry is under assault from people both outside the industry and inside the industry. And I’m not going to take it anymore. I’m naming names and saying, “Shame on you. Shame on you for trying to outlaw online gambling. Shame on you for trying to keep hard-working people from making a living. And shame on you for giving online gambling a bad name.” So in this issue, I’m nailing four fresh hides to my Wall of Shame. These four specimens represent the worst of the worst from 2008. And they need to know that we know who they are. And we’re not going to take it anymore.
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