Now here at CalvinAyre.com we’re used to the different classifications poker is given. Canada will put you in the same cell as a mass-murderer for committing the crime of illegal poker playing, but it seems New Mexico don’t have the same dim view of the dark art.
Former insurance and securities agent Samuel McMaster Jr committed 26 felonies, in relation to a complex securities fraud, and has been ordered to repay his victims to the tune of $7,500 per month. As he hasn’t won the lottery recently the money will come from his occupation – a professional gambler. Missing two payments, in other words not having a good poker face, will see him in the clink for a 12-year stretch. Poker suddenly got very interesting indeed. Read more.
