CBS Was Once Involved In Online Gambling - Gambling911.com

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The following is an editorial piece related to this past weekend's 60 Minutes segment on an Internet poker cheating scandal.

The 60 Minutes piece that proclaimed more than once that "online gambling is illegal in the United States and Canada" also failed to mention that its parent company had been part of the industry some years back.

As a quick recap, the segment honed in on a cheating scandal involving a popular online poker room, Absolute Poker, as well as its sister site, UltimateBet.

CBS, which airs the popular investigative news magazine, owns CBS Sportsline. Folks involved in the sports betting sector are well aware of the controversy that surfaced earlier this decade when CBS Sportsline was forced to sell off its sports handicapping website, VegasInsider.com. It's no secret that VegasInsider.com promotes gambling on sporting events.

Sports Information Ltd., an operator of sports gaming information websites in Europe and Asia, purchased VegasInsider.com (VI) from CBS SportsLine.com Inc. in June of 2003.

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