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Online Gambling: A Short History

Black Friday

In a college history course, Black Friday would be classified as one of those watershed moments that radically alter the course of events. The indictments that came down on  April 15, 2011 shut down the US-facing online poker business and would eventually cost players and operators billions of dollars.

Two years after the fact we’re still seeing a steady stream of fines and prison sentences for the cast of characters who mucked up the system for everyone else. Black Friday is the story that just won’t end.