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Ex-poker champion Cory Zeidman arrested for alleged $25 million sports betting fraud

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When you tilt, a bad beat usually follows.
When you tilt, a bad beat usually follows. Professional poker player Cory Zeidman was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a $25 million sports betting scam. Zeidman, 61, ran the scheme from Nassau County, Long Island and Boca Raton, Fla. between 2004 and 2020, according to the Justice Department. He now faces federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering in United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Poker (Shutterstock/Shutterstock)
Zeidman is also a professional poker player who won the $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better tournament at the 43rd Annual World Series of Poker in 2012, according to ESPN.

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