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Old 10-17-2007, 11:53 AM
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Default Re: Absolute Poker Scandal: An Inside Job

First two comments are kind of depressing:

#1.
October 17th,
2007
9:58 am

I think the REAL lesson here is that gambling in a virtual world is a gamble in and of itself.

— Posted by discordian


#2.
October 17th,
2007
10:03 am

Prison time, for an online scam outside the US? Trust, when we have no idea how many such things have happened that weren’t so blatant and weren’t discovered? Online isn’t the way to play, folks…

— Posted by Panem et Circanses


I think we need to brace for a lot of this if this story hits mainstream. But I still firmly believe it will be good for the game in the long run, as painful as it may be in the short term.