 60
Minutes Story May
Not be a Good One
for Online Poker60 Minutes is reportedly doing a story related to the online poker industry, specifically they are investigating one Alan John Grimard - an alleged poker cheat who nearly brought down one of the industry's top poker rooms late last year working as a hired consultant. The report won't stop there, however. It is rumored that the CBS news magazine is uncovering some other "shady" business in the world of online poker. “In terms of agenda, I’ve been told that the goal is to tell the story from soup to nuts," Nat Arem of PokerHelper.com stated late Monday. "I don’t really know if that means a negative agenda for online poker, but I get the feeling that it might. That means that this story is unlikely to be a good thing for online poker on the whole." Tom Somach, a contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle, whose pieces have become a regular fixture on the Gambling911.com website, believes it's third time the charm for 60 Minutes, which has featured "not-so-flattering" spotlights on the industry in the past. He alludes to a segment that highlighted Jay Cohen and his World Sports Exchange online gambling venue. In reality though, that piece wasn't entirely negative. A story pertaining to underage individuals able to play with their parents credit card at online casinos was detrimental. Golden Palace, one of the world's largest online casinos at the time, allowed access to a minor. Little was made of the fact that there were three failed attempts at having the minor access other casinos before stumbling upon Golden Palace. That site was later fined. "The PR machines for some of these online poker rooms will be working triple overtimes once this segment airs," Gambling911.com Senior Editor, Payton O'Brien suggested. ---- Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher CCostigan@CostiganMedia.com Originally published April 1, 2008 12:26 am EST
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