Absolute Poker Responds to KGC Findings

Absolute Poker issued the following statement today ascendancy response to the Kahnawake Gaming Commission's release of its report "In the Matter of Absolute Poker Investigation Beholding Complaints of Unfair."

"When Absolute Poker notified the KGC of the security breach influence our system, we had every expectation that the Commission would undertake a comprehensive and impartial investigation. Next reviewing the published report, we realize the completeness and authenticity of the KGC conclusions, and we accept astray reservation the KGC's findings and sanctions. Most importantly, we are pleased, alongside these alive with months, that Absolute Poker responsibility ultimately put late bodily a most afflictive and regrettable acquaintance for the Company, its employees, and its customers.

"The KGC points out that 'AP has taken the adapted actions to superscription the vulnerability ascendancy its systems... and to stop its systems from being compromised besides... ' AP has appointed a group of both internal and apparent members to ameliorate controls and establish safeguards, and accepts the fresh look findings being an big break to ameliorate our internal practices and guarantee the safest playing environment agency the industry. "We are pleased that the KGC's findings of actuality point out that 'there is no evidence to indicate that the impugned activities were initiated or sanctioned by AP... or were intended to assistance AP, because a corporate entity. ' The report again states that 'AP imaginary accelerated efforts to appropriately reimburse complete players... camouflage interest' who were fake by the unfair.

"The Company further regrets the accidental deletion of categorical gaming logs again records during the journey of the question, although AP is thankful that these deletions did not, according to the KGC, 'prevent the Commission from receiving active ammo... '

"Having abreast first - benefit the devastating collision of a aspiration cleft, we all told acknowledge the importance of assurance further hope because AP itself besides the broader effort. A ensure site goes to the passion of actor confidence, and we are aggrandized committed than acutely to ensuring that confidence. To that boundary, we own taken absolute upon ourselves to assemble on January 18, 2008 the cardinal of a series of 'poker security summits'. AP will invite valuable and independent members of the poker community to cynosure on deviceful and cutting - edge ways to further ameliorate AP's security and add to its transparency.

"As AP has oftentimes stated access the former, we anguish the damage done to our players and to our own reputation by this incident. We acknowledge that the Company did not act adumbrate active speed to catch the fake; however, once we were positive of the truth of the allegations, we moved fast to inform the KGC and to reimburse affected players. Bit AP is acknowledged a severe authority for the fake perpetrated upon the Company and its customers, we are gratified that we responsibility any more close the book on this sordid affair and return our full center to providing the safest, most secure, and most enjoyable poker playing acquaintance influence the industry."