Joe Sebok signs with UB

Joe Sebok has joined UltimateBet as one of the
site's sponsored players and has also taken a
company position as a "media and operations consultant".

Sebok says "I wanted to get three things accomplished:
get the cheating account handles out in the open, open up
the access for players to get all their hand histories, and get
the actual physical names of the cheaters, besides Russ
Hamilton, out in the open. We succeeded in getting two-thirds
of that list done and that was enough for me to come on board
and continue to work for #3 on that list,"


Unfortunately, players are still having problems getting hand
histories sent to them. Emails from support are often returned
with "you can retrieve your hand histories by opening up
UltimateBet, selecting Menu and then select Hand Histories"
LOL.

If you cant get complete hand histories, knowing the cheating
account handles doesnt help you one bit.

As far as getting the real names of other cheaters released,
all I can say is... poor naive Joe, good luck with that one.

UB Scandal Final Report

BASICALLY, THIS IS ALL HORSE SHIT.
NOTHING NEW. THEY'RE STILL HIDING.
THEY WONT RELEASE THE NAMES OF
THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO HELPED
RUSS HAMILTON STEAL MONEY.
I'M SURE THE 2+2 COMMUNITY AND
OTHERS WILL DIG AND BRING THESE
UNNAMEDPEOPLE INTO THE LIGHT.
THERE ARE ALREADY SEVERAL
UNCONFIRMED BIG NAMES FLOATING
AROUND. (Freddy Deeb for one)


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The Kahnawake Gaming Commission
announced the release of its final decision
regarding the Ultimate Bet cheating scandal,
resulting in a $1.5 million fine as well as
reimbursement of $22 million to affected
Ultimate Bet players.

The KGC licenses and regulates gaming activities
conducted within the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake.

Today's decision also states that the actions taken
by Ultimate Bet's parent company, Tokwiro, over
the past 12 months have been sufficient to continue
Tokwiro's licence to operate, subject to additional conditions.

The KGC's investigation found 117 user names
held by 23 accounts. Although identifying and
confirming names associated with those accounts
was said to have been a challenge, the KGC said that
"much of the relevant data resided in a legacy database
which contained limited historical logs, and which had
not been operational since at least February 2006,
prior to Tokwiro acquiring its interest in the site."

According to the KGC's ruling, "The vast majority of the
computer devices and IP addresses used by the cheating
accounts were directly associated with Russell Hamilton.
The vast majority of the cheating accounts transferred
money through Russell Hamilton's player accounts."

Although Hamilton was seen to have gained the most,
the KGC concluded that 31 other individuals were
associated with the criminal behavior. Those names
were not released.

The KGC said that while it is a regulatory body not
mandated to assess criminal culpability, "based on
the information it obtained during the course of its
investigations into this matter, and after consulting
with its legal advisors, the Commission formed the
opinion that the cheating incidences detailed herein
could constitute criminal behaviour. Accordingly,
the Commission alerted and is fully cooperating with
the appropriate law enforcement agencies to take
the appropriate actions".