The online casino gambling industry should expect no mercy and arm itself with patience. There are still fresh consequences of the Sixty Minutes special on the internet poker cheating scandals aired just a couple ago. What is more, the Washington Post has written a couple of articles on issues related to the scandals. It released a background piece on the owner of Tokwiro and the latest article focuses deeply on the security of the online casinos and internet gambling sites.
The impact that the scandals involving Absolute Poker and Ultimate Bet had on the industry simply can’t be underestimated. And this should be no surprise, since a cheating scandal of this size and magnitude (roughly $20 million) had never occurred before in the history of the industry. In spite of the fact that the scandal took place at two internet poker sites, the whole online casinos industry was taken under careful examination. The article released by Post is five pages long and that was really enough to provide extensive description of the exact nature of the online casino gambling industry as well as how the gamblers themselves have created a unique online environment.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that the internet established its own rules and censorship is nearly impossible. So, it is up to the online discerning generation to ensure that everything is legitimate. It is hard to establish how many online casino poker gamblers would have continued to be victimized if the internet poker community hadn’t uncovered the cheating scandal.