{"id":149861,"date":"2020-09-24T08:46:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T15:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=149861"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:35:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T18:35:07","slug":"pokerstars-founder-isai-scheinberg-dodges-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pokerstars-founder-isai-scheinberg-dodges-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Dodges Prison in Black Friday Indictment, Pays $30,000 Fine"},"content":{"rendered":"
PokerStars founder Isai Scheinberg, 74, walked out of a New York federal courtroom a free man on Wednesday. Judge Lewis A. Kapan sentenced the Lithuanian-born Canadian citizen to time served and fined him $30,000 for operating an illegal online gaming business — chump change for a man who sold that business for $4.9 billion.<\/p>\n