
$8 Million Aside, Lucky to Be Alive
Greg Merson cried. He stood at the poker table at center stage of the Rio's Penn & Teller Theater, behind stacks of bundled $100 bills that simulated his first-place prize of more than...
Poker
Greg Merson cried. He stood at the poker table at center stage of the Rio's Penn & Teller Theater, behind stacks of bundled $100 bills that simulated his first-place prize of more than...

After 15 months of speculation, frustration, and general inertia, the former online poker players of America finally heard the good news on Tuesday. A deal had been struck between the...

For years a massive Internet poker industry operated in the U.S., arguing that facilitating for-money online poker play did not violate any U.S. law. The U.S. Justice Department, however,...