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By Emily D. Swoboda

IGamingNews.com

September 29, 2008



The Kahnawake Gaming Commission today reported the initial findings of 

an audit being conducted on its licensee, Ultimate Bet, following a 

cheating scandal which spanned three-and-a-half years.



The audit, which has been underway since August under the direction of 

Frank Catania Sr., president of Catania Gaming Consultants and former 

director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, has turned up 

the name of the main individual responsible for the scheme that siphoned 

more than $6.1 million from player accounts.



The cheating, which was first discovered by members of a popular online 

poker community, has been found to have been perpetrated mainly by Russ 

Hamilton, the World Series of Poker winner who was formerly associated 

with Ultimate Bet's affiliate program, according to the commission.



It is understood that Mr. Hamilton is not the only individual involved, 

and other names are likely to come out in the final report.



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