60 Minutes Online Poker Segment to Air This Sunday

[redeyed]

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November 25, 2008
PokerNews Staff
According to the CBS News website, the long awaited "60 Minutes" segment on online poker cheating will air this Sunday, November 30th. An e-mail to the "60 Minutes" subscriber base has also confirmed this information.

The segment is titled "The Cheaters", and will apparently be the lead segment for this Sunday's program. The story is described as a "joint investigation" between the Washington Post and "60 Minutes". Speculation has run rampant for months about when this segment would air, and exactly what the tone of the piece would be. Many in the poker business feared the segment would be an indictment of poker as a whole, and could cast a shadow over some of the gains made by the game in recent years. Segment producers insisted, and those who participated in the piece had hoped, that it would be a call for action and regulation, but until the piece airs, no one will know for sure. The segment is described on the CBSnews website as follows:

THE CHEATERS - 60 MINUTES and The Washington Post reveal how online poker players suspecting cheating were forced to successfully ferret out the cheaters themselves. That's because managers of the mostly-unregulated $18 billion Internet gambling industry failed to respond to their complaints. Steve Kroft and The Washington Post's Gilbert Gaul report. Ira Rosen is the producer.

Those interviewed for the segment included Mike Sexton, Greg Raymer, and Linda Johnson. In an accompanying piece on the CBSnews website, bracelet winner Todd Witteles and Michael Josem, a computer expert largely credited with helping prove the cheating were quoted in a story to help promote the airing of the segment. The show airs this Sunday night at 7pm in most markets in the US. Check your local listings.
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[SSexyAzz]

Oh I am def gunna watch this.....this should be intresting for sure...thanks Red

[SexyBeast]

It wasn't as much of a hatchet job as I thought it'd be.
I think it's a rather confusing story to the average person watching.
They have to understand the business office is in Costa Rica but the
servers and regulators are in Canada and the cheaters are former
employees. The lack of accountability is outragous. I was having sunday
night steak and beer slushies with my parents and my mother asked
"why would anyone bother to play at all?" I said well, either they don't know,
they dont' think that stuff is rampant, or they assume it doesn't happen on their
site as there's lots of sites.
Thanks for the heads up Reddy. That's why Redeyed is my role model in poker AND
in Life! :D :D

[infinitwndr]

I LIKE THE FACT THAT THEY SHOWED THE ONLINE FORUM COMMUNITY IN A POSITIVE LIGHT. THE WAY PLAYERS BANDED TOGETHER AND TRIED TO STOP WHAT WAS GOING ON. I WAS WORRIED THEY PANT US LIKE DEVIANT POKER ADDICTED GAMBLERS. IT WAS NICE THAT THEY SHOWED THERE IS A COMMUNITY AND WE DO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE SOMEONE FOCUS MORE ON THIS PART. I THINK SHOWING A POSITIVE LIGHT ON THE FORUM ASPECT , FRIENDSHIP, AND COMPETITION THEY WOULD SEE IT AS MORE OF SPORT THEN GAMBLING. MAYBE IT WOULD EVEN BE A POSITIVE STEP TO HELP LEGALIZING ONLINE POKER.

[redeyed]

For those who missed the show.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4639016n