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Old 10-23-2007, 09:51 AM
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Default unibet director arrested

what a great time for online poker now they have arrested the director of unibet in holland (schiphol airport) on behalf of the french
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Old 10-23-2007, 09:57 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

what the hell is a unibet
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Old 10-23-2007, 09:59 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

source?
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Old 10-23-2007, 10:03 AM
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071023/britain_unibet.html?.v=1
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Old 10-23-2007, 10:06 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

unibet is a online gaming operator {including poker pretty popular in this area] and its on the dutch oficial teletekst service
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Old 10-23-2007, 10:29 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

Unibet was on the European B2B network, where all games are in Euros. Other skins included Gutshot (the largest UK skin, but now moved to Microgaming), Martins Poker (owned/run by Martin de Knijff), Royal Card Room, etc. It used to be very popular amongst Scandinavians, and back in the day you could see Antonius, Eric Sagstrom and even for a while Sbrugby playing high stakes there. Nowadays the software looks prehistoric and the traffic is low.

But, still, this is bad news.
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Old 10-23-2007, 10:46 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

What does this mean then?
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Old 10-23-2007, 10:59 AM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

Unibet is on Microgaming, no longer on B2B.
Also, it probably means nothing more than a fine. It's a sportsbetting matter, not poker
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Old 10-23-2007, 12:40 PM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

its a big french mistake, that arrestation cant be less legit, french government has been told by the european commission to break their monopole that stupid arrestation will harm french government and help poker in france more than anything
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Old 10-23-2007, 12:50 PM
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Default Re: unibet director arrested

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its a big french mistake, that arrestation cant be less legit, french government has been told by the european commission to break their monopole that stupid arrestation will harm french government and help poker in france more than anything

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Yeah, this is what I'm reading too after a Google News search. The big Swedish daily also reports that the arrest is misguided.
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