Poker player held in gambling ring
16th Nov 2006, 16:11 GMT
NEW YORK · More than two dozen people, including a professional baseball scout and a Florida-based, high-stakes poker player, were charged Wednesday in connection with a billion-dollar-a-year gambling ring that rivaled casino sports books.The illegal betting scheme was orchestrated through a Web site called Playwithal.com, run by the poker player, James Giordano, 52, of Pine Crest, according to Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and Queens District Attorney Richard Brown. Charges also were brough