Scandals

90-Year-Old Georgia Woman Arrested for Illegal Poker Game

A 90-year-old Georgia woman was charged this week with running an illegal poker game in her hometown of Albany. Police swooped in on the home of nonagenarian Mary Morgan on Saturday night at around 8.30 pm, breaking up the game...

Jose Canseco Finger Fallout More Hand Information Than Wanted in Poker Tournament

Jose Canseco might be a good poker player, or he may be a total fish; we’re not really sure. But one thing is certain: you’ll never want to lose a hand in the same way he has. Canseco told the world that he lost a...

Archie Karas Dodges More Jail Time on Blackjack Cheating Charges

Archie Karas, the legendary gambler and poker player, who in the 1990s went on the most famous winning and losing streak in gambling history, has avoided jail after being found guilty of cheating at a San Diego casino, a charge...

Daniel Colman Rails on Phil Hellmuth, Calls Him “Cancer”

Poker pro Daniel Colman might not like talking to the media, but put him in front of a forum audience and he doesn’t hold back. The 2014 winningest tournament pro in the world is grumpy and he knows it, but that...

Everleaf Director Jean Pavili Arrested in Malta, Charged with Player Fund Fraud

Everleaf Gaming poker players may be one step closer to repayment after former company director Jean Pavili was arrested by Maltese authorities on charges of having misappropriated player funds and failing to pay for licenses and...

At Silk Road 2.0, the FBI Finds the Worm

Silk Road 2.0 could be a cautionary tale in every sense of the word: what not to do and how not to do it, with a satisfying morality wrap up at the end. The Dark Net site’s somewhat mythic ride seems to have gotten too...

Mars Callahan: Alleged Death Threats, Extortion, and Fraud, Oh My!

Mars Callahan, actor, TV producer, and former WSOP Main Event contender,  is facing more drama in real life these days than he’s ever portrayed on the screen or at the poker tables: Callahan is being sued by his former...

Phil Ivey Back to Court for Crockfords Edge Sorting Appeal

Phil Ivey is to appeal against the judgment of the High Court in London in the Crockfords Casino edge-sorting case. According to his lawyer, Matthew Dowd of Archerfield Partners LLP, Ivey has formally filed papers to challenge...

Paul Phua Court Case Reveals Surprising New Details

Defense attorneys in the Paul Phua sports betting case have submitted documents that reveal new details about the investigation that eventually brought down the alleged betting ring that was being run out of a Caesars Palace...

Paul Phua Sports Betting Bust FBI Tactics Could Be Inadmissable, Lawyers Say

Lawyers for several defendants in the Paul Phua sports betting case say that FBI agents used illegal tactics to obtain evidence against their clients. That accusation came from legal counsel representing four of the eight...