Apparently Playnow’s sudden and prolonged unavailability was not due to traffic overload as originally suggested by BCLC.

CEO Michael Graydon told the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday just gone that the site’s security was compromised and 134 player accounts were improperly accessed. The report states:

“$8,000 was wagered by accounts controlled by someone other than the owner and in 12 cases, users were able to view other people’s personal information…[including] in one case, the last four digits of a person’s credit card”

Now the BCLC are under fire for misleading the public with their original (and erroneous) reasons for the site being unavailable.

At the time of writing this comment Playnow.com was still down.

more at:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/thewest/BCLC+online+gambling+site+compromised+personal+info+users/3304436/story.html