Poker has always been more than just a card game; it’s a fascinating mix of skill, psychology, and chance that continues to ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after a crackdown by prosecutors decimated the ranks of the New York Mafia, the indictment of an NBA coach, a player and nearly three dozen others in a betting scandal ...

Houston, TX, USA; Houston rapper Travis Scott and Kylie Jenner court side at the Houston Rockets and Oklahoma City Thunder game five of the first round of the 2017 NBA Playoffs at Toyota Center.

Chauncey Billups is allegedly a featured player in an underground poker ring in which he and former NBA player Damon Jones are accused of colluding with three Mafia families to lure players to illegal ...

A New York townhouse was used to host rigged, illegal high-stakes poker games by alleged members of the American Mafia, according to federal investigators. The lavish Manhattan home is located at 80 ...

Filings by the U.S. Justice Department allege the scheme netted its co-conspirators more than $7 million over several years Newly unsealed federal court documents this week lay out in rough detail how ...

(CNN) — You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt ...

The indictments announced Thursday of a poker cheating ring involving NBA figures and backed by the mafia emphasized their alleged high-tech cheating methods. But the con tactics they described are as ...