A US Navy admiral has been charged with making counterfeit $ 500 poker chips after he developed a serious gambling habit. Vice Admiral Timothy M. Giardina, who was sacked last year as second in command of the US nuclear forces, spent 1,000 hours at the poker tables in the 18 months before his downfall when […]
Month: November 2014
Gambling admiral tied to fake poker chips
WASHINGTON — The admiral fired last year as the No. 2 commander of the U.S. nuclear forces may have made his own counterfeit $500 poker chips with paint and stickers to feed a gambling habit that he eventually saw him banned from an entire network of casinos, according to a criminal investigative report obtained by […]
Rafa Nadal beats Ronaldo in charity poker game and demands rematch
Since most people in the UK were focused on the action at world poker tour in Nottingham, two of the biggest sports stars of all time met in London Hippodrome Casino for a charity poker game organized by PokerStars. With the thousands of visitors passing through the gates of the racecourse in London’s bustling Leicester […]