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I read through that thread and found the justifications for continuing to promote UB/AP interesting. That said, I think it has to be conceded that "Beanie" the senior affiliate has apparently publicised the "cheat" stories and asked pointed questions of AP/UB's "new management" when he was visiting the Chipleader operations.
That was a good (but seemingly missed) opportunity for top management to lay their cards on the table and fully brief those invited on the visit on the whole festering UB issue, followed by a public statement.
Unfortunately, the fact remains that cheating has been shown to have taken place at two sites in the same (Tokwiro) ownership group, and that on both occasions it has been extraordinarily badly handled, with denials, poor communications and failure to publicly identify and prosecute those responsible. That has not inspired trust in either the management of the brands or in the licencing jurisdiction, to state the obvious.
This is not over, and the absence of progress reports from UB exacerbates the situation and indicates that the top brass have learned very little from the Absolute Poker debacle.
Although it was not very specific, I found the discussion of a UB/AP "merge" and new managers intriguing. Perhaps we will see a public announcement on that at some stage.
But brand merges and new management does not alter the fact that the principle decisions in this matter come from the same owners....and that's where a real change of policy and heart needs to take place.
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