'Poker Princess' Pleads Guilty In Gambling CaseMolly Bloom Could Receive Up To Six Months In Prison |
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Earlier this month, yet another defendant in the massive gambling bust that happened in April plead guilty in federal court. This time it was Molly Bloom. (Here’s a look at the indictment.)
Bloom, dubbed the “poker princess” by her poker-playing clients, reportedly hosted private games in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Miami and New York for years. Celebrities rumored to have appeared in a Bloom-run poker game somewhere in the United States include Tobey Maguire, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Alex Rodriguez and Leonardo Dicaprio.
The games that got Bloom into hot water recently were the ones in New York. According to the New York Post, she admitted in Manhattan Federal Court to moving the poker games from Los Angeles to Manhattan in 2010 and running them out of two hotels.
Her work in those Manhattan hotels was part of an alleged $100 million gambling operation that also included sports betting. The ring allegedly had links to the Russian mob. None of the aforementioned celebrities have been accused of any wrongdoing or linked to the games that were part of the gambling ring that the federal government ended up shutting down.
Bloom had been on the hook for up to five years in prison. However, thanks to her deal she will get anywhere from probation to six months. She also agreed to forfeit $125,000, some of the money that she apparently received for her poker hostess work.
She will be sentenced in April 2014.
Arguably the most famous poker player involved in the whole case is World Poker Tour champion Vadim Trincher. He admitted to being involved with the sports betting tentacle of the illegal gambling ring. Trincher could see around two years in jail for his role.
Bloom and Trincher were two of 34 individuals to be charged by the feds.
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