For all the "pro-regulation" advocates dancing on Absolute's head ...

[MiltonFriedman]

Your faith in "regulation" is touchingly naive.

Pop History Quiz:

What OTHER online poker site was discovered to have a "back door" which allowed certain players to see their opponents' hole cards ?

What State Gaming Commission approved the suitability of the former manager of that site for a GM position with an unrestricted gaming licensee, with knowledge of his history of involvement with that same poker site ?

Research THAT one before you go shouting for "regulation" of the marketplace as a panacea for this rather simple "dishonest employee case".

Do you also think that if someone working in a B&M casino cheats that the casino's license is pulled ?

Here there is VERY little to actually tie Scott Tom personally to this caper. I would be astonished if he had ANY role in the heist. I tend to think the "disgruntled geek" line may be accurate. I could be wrong, but I doubt it on this one.

Absolute DID screw up clearly. The security and monitoring by Absolute IS a legitimate issue, as any "superuser" account should never leave a testing environment and the player winrate and results should have been flagged internally by Absolute's own monitoring.

However I VASTLY prefer that the online poker market, in the persons of poker players, be allowed to mete out whatever justice is due from Absolute, unless they are stuoid, they will pay out any legitimate "cheated" players.