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In addition to the buzz around the seizure of 141 internet gambling domains by the Governor of Kentucky, an upcoming story by CBS’ “60 Minutes” has also been the center of discussion at the CAP Euro Barcelona event. Poker News Daily has learned that the story by “60 Minutes” should air on Sunday, October 26th, just days before the general elections in the United States. The program will likely cover the user scandals at Ultimate Bet and Absolute Poker, which have made headlines across the poker world in recent months.
CBS News' 60 Minutes (actually 42 minus commercials) did an extensive piece on the Ultimate Bet/Absolute Poker insider cheating scandal last night. More video, transcript and a bunch of other related goodies are here. You can read about the more recent history and status of Absolute Poker, see a story on 60 minutes about the scandal, and see a video showing actual hands when 'Potripper' was playing. General sources: 1 Casinosmack.com October 2007. 2 Washingtonpost.com. 3 Natarem.com 17 October, 2007. 60 Minutes went as far as to demonstrate how one can join the Absolute Poker website. Some on the poker forums have blamed Absolute Poker for their slow reaction and unwillingness to disclose the.
The story by the longstanding news magazine will focus on the scandals that have rocked Ultimate Bet and may include the POTRIPPER issues at its sister site, Absolute Poker. In addition, the rumor around the industry is that “60 Minutes” is teaming up with a major newspaper for the story, which may be just weeks from airing. In its last update on the NioNio scandal that rocked the online poker site, Ultimate Bet listed additional user names that were involved: Crackcorn55, WhakMe, GrabBag123, gravitation, Bgroup, H_Curtis, Twenty 1, WacoManiac, Broke_In_L_A, ShaqTack, BlueBerry101, HolyMucker, 55WasHere, Xnomas, dannyboy55, Indy05, and SlimPikins2.
The cheating on Ultimate Bet began back in 2005, one year before its current ownership group, Tokwiro, purchased the site. Also in June, Ultimate Bet was scheduled to begin the refund process for players who were affected by the abuse. The transgressions surrounded the exploitation of an auditing tool which enabled its users to view the hole cards of every player at an online poker table.
In May, Ultimate Bet’s parent company released a statement that included the following: “We would like to thank our customers for their patience, loyalty, and support, as well as for their understanding that we are doing everything we can to correct this situation. The staff and management of Ultimate Bet are fully committed to providing a safe and secure environment for our players and we want to assure customers of our unwavering resolve to monitor site security with every resource at our disposal.”
Since then, one of the accounts in question was linked to a Las Vegas owned home of Russ Hamilton, one of the former owners of the site. However, no admission has been given publicly by Hamilton. Over the summer, Team PokerStars Pro member Barry Greenstein and Joe Sebok traveled to Hamilton’s residence. Greenstein came away from the interview feeling as if, by the time the truth was known, Hamilton would not be one of those indicted.
A $75 million claim filed against a software manufacturer was the subject of an article by MSNBC with the title “Poker site cheating plot a high-stakes whodunit.” The article, which was published last week, seemed to trump any momentum “60 Minutes” would have had, although the television station’s program is likely to be more visible.
The latest move in the Ultimate Bet investigation was the Kahnawake Gaming Commission naming Frank Catania, a former gaming regulator in the state of New Jersey, to lead a formal inquiry into the matter. His website, CataniaConsulting.com, states that he “serves as one of three independent directors of eCOGRA. He served as the first president of the International Masters of Gaming Law, a non-profit association dedicated to the education and advancement of gaming law, vice chair and chair, respectively, of the International Association of Gaming Regulators and past chairman of the Forum of American Casino Regulators.”
We’ll have further information for you as it develops.
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New Music Video For 'The World We Used To Know'
11th December 2020TRANSATLANTIC LAUNCH FIRST NEW MUSIC / VIDEO IN 6 YEARS!
20th November 2020Watch the new video for 'Overture / Reaching For The Sky' taken from 'The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)'. here: https://youtu.be/SP5HwWbCQvg
The 5th Transatlantic studio album 'The Absolute Universe' is set for release on February 5th, 2021 and comes in two versions of the record: 'The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)' & 'The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)'.
You can pre-order now here: https://transatlantic.lnk.to/TheAbsoluteUniverse
Mike Portnoy comments: 'Reaching For The Sky' is the first single off Transatlantic's latest Magnum opus 'The Absolute Universe'. It's a great introduction to this epic album as it sets the tone in traditional TA style: proceeded on the album by an extended Instrumental Overture and then launching into this upbeat first song.
'I love that it features one of my favorite qualities of the band in the sharing of the lead vocals...in this case: Neal singing lead on Verse 1, myself singing lead on Verse 2, Pete & Neal sharing the Chorus with myself and Roine on backups and Neal taking the glorious Bridge...all leading to Roine's distinctive guitar solo.
Also interesting is that this version exclusively appears on the Abridged 1CD Version of TA5 ('The Breath Of Life') while the Extended 2CD Version of TA5 ('Forevermore') opens with the alternate version 'Heart Like A Whirlwind' which has different lead vocals and lyrics .'
Each album will be available on CD, LP & Digitally. But there will also be what has been called 'The Absolute Universe: The Ultimate Edition', which collects both versions together in one lavish package that includes 5LP's, 3CD's & a Blu-ray that includes a special mix that combines both versions into a third unique version in 5.1 surround sound with visuals and a behind the scenes documentary. All editions have artwork created by Thomas Ewerhard featuring the airship by Pavel Zhovba.
As Mike Portnoy explains: 'We've got two versions of this album. There is a two CD presentation, which is 90 minutes long, and a single one - that's 60 minutes. However, the single CD is NOT merely an edited version of the double CD. They each contain alternate versions and even in some cases, new recordings. We wrote fresh lyrics and have different people singing on the single CD version tracks as compared to those on the double CD. Some of the song titles have also been changed, while others might remain the same, but compositionally what you'll hear has been altered. You must appreciate that what we have done is unique. We revamped the songs to make the two versions different.' Pete Trewavas adds: 'We did write some new music for the single CD, what's more, there are also differences in the instruments used on some of the tracks across the two records.'
The full list of formats is below:
'The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)'
Available as:
Single CD Edition, Gatefold 2LP+CD, or Digital Album
Track-listing:
- Overture
- Reaching For The Sky
- Higher Than The Morning
- The Darkness In The Light
- Take Now My Soul
- Looking For The Light
- Love Made A Way (Prelude)
- Owl Howl
- Solitude
- Belong
- Can You Feel It
- Looking For The Light (Reprise)
- The Greatest Story Never Ends
- Love Made A Way
Available as:
2CD Edition, 3LP+2CD Boxset, or Digital Album
Track-listing:
Disc 1:
- Overture
- Heart Like A Whirlwind
- Higher Than The Morning
- The Darkness In The Light
- Swing High, Swing Low
- Bully
- Rainbow Sky
- Looking For The Light
- The World We Used To Know
- The Sun Comes Up Today
- Love Made A Way (Prelude)
- Owl Howl
- Solitude
- Belong
- Lonesome Rebel
- Looking For The Light (Reprise)
- The Greatest Story Never Ends
- Love Made A Way
Limited Deluxe Clear 5LP+3CD+Blu-Ray Box-set – contained within a foil-finished lift-off box with extended 16-page LP booklet & 60x60cm poster. Includes both versions of the album over 5LP's and 3CD's, plus a Blu-Ray with 5.1 mix & documentary.
Blu-Ray Track-listing:
- Overture (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Reaching For The Sky (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Higher Than The Morning (5.1 Surround Mix)
- The Darkness In The Light (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Take Now My Soul (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Bully (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Rainbow Sky (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Looking For The Light (5.1 Surround Mix)
- The World We Used To Know (5.1 Surround Mix)
- The Sun Comes Up Today (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Love Made A Way (Prelude) (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Owl Howl (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Solitude (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Belong (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Lonesome Rebel (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Can You Feel It (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Looking For The Light (Reprise) (5.1 Surround Mix)
- The Greatest Story Never Ends (5.1 Surround Mix)
- Love Made A Way (5.1 Surround Mix)
- The Making of The Absolute Universe (Documentary)
https://youtu.be/SP5HwWbCQvg
Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe (album trailer)
9th November 2020Transatlantic - The Absolute Universe
9th November 2020TRANSATLANTIC - the Prog Supergroup of Neal Morse, Mike Portnoy, Roine Stolt & Pete Trewavas - are pleased to announce their fifth studio album 'The Absolute Universe', set for release on the 5th February 2021. Representing the band's first new music since 2014's 'Kaleidoscope', with 'The Absolute Universe' the band have done something unique and created two versions of the record: 'The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)' & 'The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)'.
As Mike Portnoy explains: 'We've got two versions of this album. There is a two CD presentation, which is 90 minutes long, and a single one - that's 60 minutes. However, the single CD is NOT merely an edited version of the double CD. They each contain alternate versions and even in some cases, new recordings. We wrote fresh lyrics and have different people singing on the single CD version tracks as compared to those on the double CD. Some of the song titles have also been changed, while others might remain the same, but compositionally what you'll hear has been altered. You must appreciate that what we have done is unique. We revamped the songs to make the two versions different.' Pete Trewavas adds: 'We did write some new music for the single CD,' adds Trewavas. 'What's more, there are also differences in the instruments used on some of the tracks across the two records.'
Each album will be available on CD, LP & Digitally. But there will also be what has been called 'The Absolute Universe: The Ultimate Edition', which collects both versions together in one lavish package that includes 5LP's, 3CD's & a Blu-ray that contains a 5.1 surround sound mix with visuals & a behind the scenes documentary. All editions have unique artwork created by Thomas Ewerhard. The full list of formats is below, and pre-orders start on the 20th November:
- 'The Absolute Universe: The Breath Of Life (Abridged Version)'
Special Edition CD Digipak
Gatefold 2LP+CD
Digital Album - 'The Absolute Universe: Forevermore (Extended Version)'
Special Edition 2CD Digipak
3LP+2CD Boxset
Digital Album - 'The Absolute Universe: The Ultimate Edition'
Limited Deluxe Clear 5LP+3CD+Blu-Ray Box-set - contained within a foil-finished lift-off box with extended 16-page LP booklet & 60x60cm poster
'What happened was that everything kept expanding and expanding,' recalls Stolt. 'Therefore we decided it made sense to make it a double album. It was Pete and Neal who then came out and said they felt this would be too long, and we should reduce it to one…But we were already recording, and it didn't seem feasible to cut it back. There were so many pieces that each of us loved in what we were planning and didn't want to lose. That's when we ended up in discussions over the best way forward.'
This album also marks a return to the concept album for Transatlantic. 'Well, the idea of Transatlantic deciding to do a concept record this time around won't shock anyone, right?'laughs Portnoy. 'What we have is essentially one giant composition, split into chapters. The storyline is about the struggles facing everyone in society today.' 'We didn't start out with the idea of this being conceptual,' admits Stolt. 'The way things work with us is that we have a load of ideas, and these are developed spontaneously when we meet up. Everything happens in the moment.'
So, how does this new ground-breaking album compare to Transatlantic's previous four albums?
'I always try not to compare albums as much as possible,' insists Morse. 'It's very difficult when you're trying to be creative, because your natural instinct is to constantly compare. But in order to create you have to kind of step away from that. Having said that, I would say this would have more in common with 'The Whirlwind' album (the band's third, from 2009) than others that we've created.' For Trewavas, 'The Absolute Universe' is a momentous project.
'I think it is right up there with the very finest albums we've done. As the others have said, it compares very well to 'The Whirlwind', which I believe represents Transatlantic at our best. As on that album, we took our time to write and arrange everything, and that shines through. I am very excited for people to hear it.'
Transatlantic were originally formed in 1999, releasing their debut album 'SMTPe' the following year as well as its follow-up 'Bridge Across Forever' in 2001. Following a 7-year hiatus, the band reconvened to record and release the much-acclaimed epic 77-minute, single-track album 'The Whirlwind' followed by a world tour in 2010 which included an appearance at High Voltage Festival in London where they were joined by legendary Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett. The band's fourth album 'Kaleidoscope' arrived in 2014, going on to win 'Album Of The Year' at the Progressive Music Awards.
TRANSATLANTIC online:
https://www.transatlanticweb.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TransatlanticMusic/
www.instagram.com/transatlanticofficial
www.twitter.com/transatlantic99
View The Absolute Universe Album Trailer here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Ln98PtgZI
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24th September 2019Morse, Portnoy, Trewavas, Stolt - Varnhem, Sweden - September 24th 2019
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