Archive for November, 2012

Former MIT blackjack team member Laurie Tsao received a mixed ruling earlier this month after filing a civil complaint against Ceasars Entertainment for defamation and false arrest. Tsao visited Ceasars after receiving targeted offers of free rooms and an invite to the NCAA basketball tournament, despite a previous ban.

Getting paid to lose at poker and blackjack? Sounds like an unlikely job description, but this is exactly what South Korean social gamblers called moneymen are paid to do in order to get around monthly legal limits on purchasing online gambling credit.