Absolute Poker’s owner’s owner tied too closely to Kahnawake?

January 12th, 2008
AP

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Pokerati reported today that Chuck Barnett, one of the Board of Supervisors for the Kahnawake Territory, has confirmed that Joe Norton is the owner of Absolute Poker. Ownership of Absolute Poker has been a tangled web.

Lou Kreiger received a call-in on his podcast show, Keep Flopping Aces, from Chuck Barnett. That podcast is available here.

From Pokerati:

So yes, Absolute Poker scandal … California Jen has been covering it for Poker Player Newspaper, and she appeared on Lou Krieger’s Keep Flopping Aces last night to discuss developments. I’m listening to it now … and it’s a pretty good show — especially when they get an unexpected call from Chuck Barnett, who you may remember is on the Board of Supervisors for Mohawk Internet Technologies / Kahnawake Territory. He engages Jen and Lou with all sorts of good information on the make-up of the ongoing investigation, a little bit of what they are uncovering, and some insight into who are the true owners of Absolute Poker.

“Is it Joe Norton?” Kreiger asks directly at one point. And indeed it is. Apparently Norton is the sole owner of Tokwiro Enterprises, which owns Absolute … and perhaps like Dick Cheney is to Halliburton, Norton is also a former Grand Chief of the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory. To be honest, I’m not sure what all these connections mean … but I’m pretty sure they are not “good for poker.”

Full Pokerati article here


Article Credit: Robin

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