Monthly Archives: October 2017

CardsChat Interview: Scott Lazar on How Friendship with Joe Hachem Helped Him Lose Weight, Change His Life

What do Mike Matusow, Andy Black, and Steve Dannenmann all have in common? They were all at the 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Another player there […]

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Larry Flynt loses bid to overturn California casino ownership law

Porn mogul Larry Flynt has lost his legal quest to overturn California’s rules prohibiting out-of-state casino ownership.

Last December, Flynt sued the state of California based on his belief that its laws prohibiting state residents who hold cardroom licenses from also investing in out-of-state entities that operate casino-style gambling were unconstitutional.

Flynt, who operates two cardrooms in Gardena, the Hustler Casino and Larry Flynt’s Lucky Lady Casino, was joined in his lawsuit by father-and-son team Haig Kelegian Sr. and Jr., who collectively hold stakes in numerous state cardrooms, including the Bicycle Club and the Commerce Casino.

Flynt had claimed the state’s law had blocked his desire to invest in out-of-state casino opportunities in 2014 and 2015. Flynt also claimed he could be forced to divest his stakes in other out-of-state businesses if they added gambling options.

India busts bookie-in-a-briefcase illegal online cricket betting ops

Authorities in India have busted what they’re calling one of the largest illegal cricket betting operations they’ve uncovered in recent years.

On Monday, Indian media outlets reported that police and Income Tax agents in the state of Harayan had rumbled a cricket betting ring operating out of a residential building in the city of Gurugram (Gurgaon). The operation also involved searches of buildings in Goa, Delhi, Noida and Kolkata that began on Friday.

Police recovered a variety of technical tools, including more of those ingenious bookie-in-a-briefcase set-ups (pictured) that allow operators to more easily shift most of their technology to new locations in case the cops close in. Except this time, the cops were apparently too fleet of foot to permit such a relocation.

Police reported that their investigation stemmed from an originally unrelated probe of unspecified Goa casino operators using the informal hawala money transfer system to facilitate high-value betting. Sources told The Hindu that this was “a new sector being searched for the first time.”