Absolute Poker Releases Statement

November 20, 2007

With the online gambling under such close scrutiny, it really is a bad time for there to be a lot of talk about insider cheating and security breaches. Unfortunately, that is just what Absolute Poker has had to deal with over the past few weeks as allegations of both have clung to the company and an investigation has been started.

Amidst all of this, Joe Norton, the former Grand Chief of the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake and the Owner of Tokwiro Enterprises ENRG � which owns 100% of Absolute Poker, felt the need to speak out to defend the site and reassure its players that everything was under control. He wanted to let everyone know that he was in the process of investigating what went on and they were taking steps to ensure that it never happened again.

According to Norton, a �high-ranking trusted consultant� that the company had employed had �extraordinary access� to their security systems and he used this access to gain knowledge that he should not have had. He used this access to cheat during a tournament on the online gambling site.

Norton went on to say that he wasn�t pleased with the way Absolute Poker handled the initial foray into the investigation, and wished that he could change that but he cannot. He says he understands that their customers are now suspicious of the company because of the initial reaction, but that as this is a �complex and sensitive issue� he wanted to assure them that they will be �forthcoming� on how it happened and what they are doing to make sure that it never happens again.

This is big news considering that Norton had originally said that there was no security breach and that they had already done an �extensive investigation� and had not found anything wrong with the site or the way the tournament had played out. Now they seem to have changed their tune, and are now being investigated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and a third party Gaming Associates.
 

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