Ben Affleck’s online poker losses overblown

13-05-2013
Poker fans definitely remember the online poker scam in which hundreds of players were conned. Actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck allegedly lost almost half a million dollars, according to media reports. The 40-year-old Affleck was one of the victims in

Poker champion killed his wife during hiking trip

02-05-2013
A British poker player has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Marcus Bebb-Jones reportedly killed his spouse and used her credit card to splash out on gambling and hookers. The incident took place in 1997, after which Bebb-Jones started a

Banjara Hills Police arrest a dozen gambling poker players

18-03-2013
A group of Indian punters who were playing three card poker at an Indiranagar property have been arrested. Banjara Hills Police confiscated 12 cell phones, in addition to $1,500 in cash. Police decided to visit the premises after they had been

Poker addict sentenced to 7 years in prison

04-10-2012
A poker addict has to spend 7 years in jail after embezzling $538,000 from the company where she used to work. The 35-year-old Bronwyn Ann Fitzgeralds used the money to feed her gambling addiction. Fitzgeralds stole the money over a period of 5

Woman makes up robbery story for game of poker

11-09-2012
A woman was arrested in Beaverton because she made up a story so her boyfriend would not find out she was gambling. She called 911 and told police that a muscled man jumped in her car with a knife, telling her he was going to rape her. She was

All-time record swimmer wins $100,000 in a game of poker

04-09-2012
This is according to yesterday’s newspaper headlines. Winning $100,000 in one game of poker – “Michael Phelps, record swimmer and medal winner did it at the poker table,” the tabloids claimed. But Phelps tweeted that although it would be

Owner Absolute Poker sentenced to prison

28-07-2012
Brent Beckley has been sentenced to 14 years in jail after confessing to defrauding banks. The owner of Absolute Poker could have been sentenced to up to 30 years behind bars. Beckley however was sentenced to 14 years in prison after he cooperated

Australian problem gambler jailed for 6 years

13-07-2012
An Adelaide resident stole over $800,000 at work to finance her gambling addiction. Leanne Michelle Scott has now been sentenced to prison. The 42-year-old woman was addicted to playing poker machines. Scott finds it odd that the casinos where

Full Tilt Poker CEO detained at JFK Airport

03-07-2012
Full Tilt Poker founder Raymond Bitar was detained at John F. Kennedy International Airport Monday. Bitar faces charges of betting, bank fraud, conning customers and money laundering. He had assured poker players that their money was kept in

4 illegal pokies found at second-hand shop

02-05-2012
A duo has been charged with having illegal poker machines in a Matthews-based second-hand shop. Matthews police seized four underground pokies, which were installed inside the consignment store. They also confiscated a small amount of