Within the 945th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway, Mike Holtz, and Ben Ludlow shoot a present dedicated to the most recent updates following The Lodge in Texas being raided by authorities. Quite a bit has occurred for the reason that raid final Tuesday at Doug Polk‘s famed card room, which lately issued a brand new assertion.
Whereas now we have some solutions, there are nonetheless loads of unanswered questions, on condition that the membership stays closed and no formal prices have been filed. It stays an open investigation, os proper now, gamers and homeowners don’t have any recourse however to take a seat round and wait, to not point out the a whole lot of workers at the moment out of labor and awaiting some kind of readability.
Hear in regards to the details as we all know them, a timeline of occasions, and a few of the present hypothesis as to what is likely to be the foundation explanation for the raid. Is it unlawful playing? Cash laundering? Who is likely to be concerned? The crew explores all of it.
Discover out all about these tales and extra on this week’s episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and you should definitely try the audio model of the PokerNews Podcast that’s obtainable on all main podcasting platforms, together with Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.
Time Stamps
00:00Welcome to the Present
01:00The Lodge points new assertion
05:09WPT postpones occasion
09:30No formal prices filed at the moment
15:00History lesson on the rise of poker in Texas
22:00Why nobody needs to be gloating
24:30What did Brad Owen need to say?
26:00Speculation abounds
31:40Poker ought to simply be made authorized
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