Five people who have been accused of cheating at the new casino in Cincinnati, Ohio could face up to two years in prison, according to startling reporting from the Associated.. @cardplayer.com

A couple weeks ago, old wounds were opened in the poker world when audio tapes of a meeting amongst UltimateBet principals, including ring leader Russ Hamilton, surfaced, revealing the depths to which the perpetrators of last decade’s gigantic cheating scandal went to cover up their involvement. @pokernewsdaily.com

One day the UltimateBet cheating scandal will die and, aside from never forgetting what happened, we won’t have to talk about it again. But until then, the tremors continue to rumble. @pokernewsdaily.com

If there was ever any doubt over whether or not 1994 World Series of Poker main event champion Russ Hamilton cheated at online poker, then it’s probably now gone. @cardplayer.com

The tapes, which were recorded five years ago and involved several members of Ulitmate Bet's management team discussing the extent of the cheating and their plans to cover it up, were released on Friday night by Travis Makar, a former employee. @pokerlistings.com

Most of the world outside of Sweden is probably unfamiliar with the online poker site Svenska Spiel, a state-owned and operated online poker room that caters to residents of the Scandinavian country, but the site is now in the throes of one of the biggest cheating scandals in.. @pokernewsboy.com

National operator Svenska Spel has suspended 14 accounts thought to have won millions using illegal software. Swedish national operator Svenska Spel has released details of an alleged bot-based cheating conspiracy on its poker site. @pokernews.com

One of the biggest “new” disciplines of poker that have come out in the recent past is that of Chinese Poker. Furthermore, its direct descendant, Open Face Chinese Poker, seems to have captured the fancy of high stakes poker professionals around the world. @pokernewsdaily.com

Jean-Paul Pasqualini and Cederic Rossi will no longer be included in the GPI's live poker tournament rankings. A video compilation of 18 hands played by Pasqualini and Rossi was posted roughly two weeks ago by Nordine Bouya, another French player. @pokerlistings.com

Over the years, we have seen our share of online poker cheating scandals. After all, for those who really want to do it, it’s not all that hard to cheat when your opponents can’t see you. @pokernewsdaily.com

An edited-down video with some spliced-in Godfather movie screen-shots and theme music of the 2009 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event final table that has been making the rounds on French poker websites is now getting wider coverage. @pokernewsboy.com

It’s a fascinating tale, I swear, how the WSOP and their new mobile online poker app won over my free-time play … and actually got me to pony up cash for playable chips — a conversion the game-greats at Zynga Texas Hold’em could never achieve with me. @pokerati.com