60 Minutes: How Online Gamblers Unmasked Cheaters

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawgster () gmail com>]

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Via CBS News/60 Minutes.

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In the wild, wild west, when a poker player was caught cheating it was a
capital offense, with the punishment quickly dispensed right across the
card table. But today if you're caught cheating in the popular and
lucrative world of Internet poker, you may get away scot-free.

At least that seems to be what is happening in the biggest scandal in the
history of online gambling. A small group of people managed to cheat
players out of more than $20 million.

And it would have gone undetected if it hadn't been for the players
themselves, who used the Internet to root out the corruption. As a joint
investigation by 60 Minutes and The Washington Post reveals, it raises new
questions about the integrity and security of the shadowy and highly
profitable industry that operates outside U.S. law.

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Much more here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/25/60minutes/main4633254.shtml

- - ferg

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