we drove by with the washington post's reporter gil gaul. >> this is nondescript. >> this takes nondescript to an entirely different level. >> yeah, it does. >> the operation is overseen by the kahnawake gaming commission, whose three commissioners operate out of this building. it meets in secret, is independent of tribal leaders including chief delisle, and its investigation of absolute poker and ultimate bet have been neither transparent nor particularly aggressive. a lot of the players who were cheated suspect it's because the owner of the discredited sites is joe norton, a former grand chief of the kahnawakes, who helped establish the gaming commission that cleared him of any wrongdoing in the scandal. the commission fined the two sites a total of $2 million, ordered them to repay the losses to players who were cheated, but absolute poker and ultimate bet are still in business. look, here you had a gaming commission. it was originally set up by joe norton. and his two companies come before the board, and they get a slap on the wrist. >> well, i don't think it's a slap on the wrist. we a