The Rumors are Squashed
Absolute Poker is a popular online casino poker gambling site that is licensed
by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission and runs out of Canada. Also, the company is
now owned by Tokwiro Enterprises and has run into several major problems in the
past year regarding a huge cheating scandal that rocked the international online
casinos industry. Although the current ownership of Absolute Poker is well known
and not up for debate, the reliable and respected Gambling 911 news portal
released information this week that calls into question who exactly founded and
funded Absolute Poker in its early stages. Additionally, the portal claimed that
not only was Phil Tom an initial investor for the site but that he had a sealed
indictment in the United States for a period of time.
There was no precise information in the Gambling 911 article to indicate what
exactly Tom might have been indicted for, but perhaps the site was implying
charges related to the online casino gambling industry? Tom was outraged by the
report and is considering legal action against Gambling 911 because of the false
speculation. Tom claims that the most outrageous part of the article were the
claims about a sealed U.S. indictment and he noted, I don’t know what I’d be
indicted for! How do they know what’s in the supposed indictment? It’s sealed!”
Apparently, the speculation and rumors about Tom’s indictment have gotten out to
his clients and has the potential to seriously hurt his business as a portfolio
manager.
Tom cleared the air and voiced his side of the story with the Poker Daily News
and according to claims directly from Tom, he has no direct interests in the
online casino poker gambling site Absolute Poker, nor did found and fund the
launch of the site – he “vehemently” denied those accusations. |