Iovation and Ultimatebet poker scandal revisited

February 21, 2016

Last week’s news that Greg Pierson’s geolocation and verification company Iovation has been awarded a Nevada Gaming Commission licence (see previous report) surprised many in the industry, and prompted investigative journalist Haley Hintze to revisit online poker’s biggest yet cheating scandal on the Flushdraw online poker information site over the weekend. Our readers will perhaps […]

Will Nevada licence firm named in Ultimatebet poker scandal?

February 18, 2016

Online poker media are currently reporting that a company and its management implicated in the $20 million UltimateBet hole card cheating scandal several years ago (see previous reports) may be granted a Nevada gaming supplier licence to provide geo-location services in the state’s strictly controlled online gambling sector. Haley Hintze, a journalist who has extensively […]

Poker players angry at Paypal-Iovation link

December 14, 2013

Poker players have acute memories when it comes to poker cheating scandals, a fact that was again illustrated this week by a mounting furore on poker forums like twoplustwo regarding the relationship between payment processor PayPal and anti-fraud device reputation company Iovation. Iovation was founded by Greg Pierson, who has also been named as one […]