{"id":10010,"date":"2019-12-31T17:01:49","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/?p=10010"},"modified":"2019-12-31T17:01:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T17:01:51","slug":"poker-cheaters-publicly-named-on-pgcb-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinepokeramerica.com\/news\/poker-cheaters-publicly-named-on-pgcb-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Poker Cheaters Publicly Named on PGCB List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has recently published its list of involuntary excluded players to the internet, to make them more identifiable. Over 800 names are <\/strong>on the list, and several of the most recent names belong to poker players who were caught across the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poker Players in Hot Water <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The latest additions to the PGCB\u2019s involuntary exclusion list were two players at the Rivers Casino in Philadelphia, who were caught texting each other at the poker table<\/strong>. While that might sound innocent enough, they were actually engaging in cheating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two players were texting each other information about\ntheir cards. As a result, they each had a unfair advantage over the other\nplayers at the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another pair of poker players were recently added to the PGCB\u2019s list, as well. They were found to be using a more traditional means of cheating, as they were switching cards <\/strong>while playing a game of High Card Flush. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Categories of Offenders<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Cheaters are, in fact, not the most populous category of offenders on the PGCB\u2019s self-exclusion list. The group with the most names is actually theft with 213 offenders<\/strong>. Cheating is the second most common casino-related offense with 205 names on the list. The rest of the names fall under the following categories: <\/p>\n\n\n\n