Almost exclusively, gambling rings come down to one thing – sports gambling. There are some exceptions of course. In places like New York City, illegal games of poker have proliferated over the years.
One of the most remarkable stories is that of Molly Bloom, an underworld poker shot-caller who set up illegal games of poker for Hollywood stars and other celebrities who flocked to dingy places to play high stakes poker away from the public’s prying eye.
Poker has certainly had a reason to become a staple of gambling rings, but when you hear about a ring bust, your mind just defaults to sports gambling first.
Sports is much more popular than poker for once, and the activity was cooped up due to overbearing federal laws in the United States.