UltimateBet respond to allegations of cheating

UltimateBet respond to allegations of cheating

Monday, 10 March 2008

Last summer saw one of the darker moments for the online poker industry when Absolute Poker were accused of harbouring a superuser account. It appears now that serious charges of cheating are being dealt with even more seriously than before, and rece

Last summer saw one of the darker moments for the online poker industry when Absolute Poker were accused of harbouring a superuser account. It appears now that serious charges of cheating are being dealt with even more seriously than before, and recent allegations that a player on UltimateBet had an abnormally high win ratio on the site have drawn a statement from UB themselves.
The statement, which was released on 2+2 poker forums, saw UltimateBet talk about the allegations which were first raised in January:
“[UltimateBet]… was alerted to allegations that a player with the online handle “NioNio” exhibited abnormally high winning statistics and was accused of having an unfair advantage during play. These allegations were made both directly to UltimateBet by concerned players and the KGC (Kahnawake Gaming Commission), and indirectly through several web forums. The allegations also included reports of suspicious activity concerning the deletion of the NioNio account and other accounts that may have been related to this scheme.
We immediately launched an extensive inquiry involving an independent third-party expert to review hundreds of thousands of hand histories, all of which were promptly locked down and made available to this expert. The initial findings of our third-party expert confirm that the NioNio account’s winning statistics were indeed abnormal, and we have expanded the investigation to look into whether an unfair advantage existed, how such a scheme might have been perpetrated, and whether additional accounts beyond those of NioNio were involved.”
UltimateBet is controlled by the same company as Absolute Poker, and the close relationship between the two rooms has obviously stoked the fires further. The investigations are still underway, so the full extent of the potential scandal is not known, but it is certainly an issue which the poker community will want resolving as quickly as possible.



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