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The poker cheating scandals that have rocked the world of online casino poker gambling are still on the minds of many officials and the individual poker gamblers. Absolute Poker was involved in what would be the first of two very serious poker cheating scandals nearly a year ago. Last August, observant poker players altered officials to a cheating scandal at Absolute Poker. The investigation and subsequent outcome indicated that the online poker industry had experienced the worst cheating scandal to-date in the industry. As the fervor over the scandal subsided and the online casinos and poker sites began to recover from the shock of the news, Absolute Poker’s sister gambling site, UltimateBet.com found itself in the exact same predicament.

The two companies have truly caused an international uproar over the way the Tokwiro Enterprises (the parent company of the two online casino poker sites) and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission (the licensing authority for the sites) handled the situation. The Poker Players Alliance is a U.S. organization dedicated to protecting poker players and promoting the legalization of U.S. online poker gambling. With the controversy over the poker scandals still a big concern, the PPA is speaking out and asking for a full account of what went down with both of the companies.

The Kahnawake Gaming Commission and the two online poker sites in question are reluctant to release any of the nitty-gritty details related to the cheating scandals. PPA Chairman Alfonse D’Amato though is looking for a way to protect the player trust in the internet poker gambling industry. D’Amato notes, “the Alliance is urging both Absolute and UltimateBet, and the Kahnawake Gaming Commission regulating authority, to provide a full accounting of the breaches of public trust to help dispel the negative light cast on the industry.”

There is little specific information on how the cheating scandals occurred and how the Kahnawake Gaming Commission plans to prevent such occurrences in the future, and the PPA wants some answers.