The DOJ has laid out more of its case against Isai Scheinberg, Ray Bitar, et al — in a 58-page response to the response from two Black Friday indictees, payment processor Chad Elie and the Utah banker John Campos. The […]
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Jesse May OP-ED It didnt\’t really bother me when Poker Spot folded, because that guy had history. And I laughed about the money Aces Poker stole, because anyone who trusted them couldn’t ever spot a cheat. The Ultimate Bet scandal
If you are out real American dollars in the Full Tilt Poker collapse, the US government is apparently your friend. That\’s the message of Preet Bharara and the Department of Justice, who put out a statement to get those dumfugkers
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The big news this week was, of course, the amending of the Department of Justice’s online poker civil suit claiming that Full Tilt Poker was engaged in a \”Ponzi scheme\” that defrauded its players. Needless to say, this was a
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The second Epic Poker League Main Event kicked off Tuesday afternoon with a field of 97 players, down 40 from the first event of the inaugural season. A crowded poker calendar with events in Barcelona, Paris, and Oklahoma and the
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Carter Gill, 24, a top-ranked online poker pro, may be offline for a while, as he says he’ll be reluctantly turning himself in to authorities in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, to begin serving a 14-day jail sentence. The charges stem NOT
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A sign seen in the new Aviator Casino, in Delano, California, reminding me of a difference between casinos regulated in lands we know well and virtual establishments based out of places that may or may not exist beyond our poker
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What looks to have been a rookie armed robbery of a min-stakes poker game in Michigan caught on video … just like EPT Berlin … you know, if PokerStars ran live events in the $30 to $40 buy-in range that
Armed Robbery in Michigan Poker Room Microstakes charity violence at Red Cross event
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A relatively routine raid of a low-stakes poker game in Greenville, South Carolina turned bloody yesterday night — as police tried to gain entry to a poker house. The game host, now known to be Aaron Awtry, 72, shot through
Patrice Tierney entered into a plea deal with the US Attorney\’s Office in Boston wherein she admits to being \”willfully blind\” to the nature of her brother\’s online gambling operations. Oh boy … the election-driven hedlines in the mainstream press
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