Chinese Gang Forces PokerStars Poker Room To Pay $2 Million

It is being reported by a prominent poker forum that PokerStars, the worlds largest online poker room, has been forced to payout over $2 million to players that were scammed by a chinese gang that colluded at the poker tables. The chinese gang was playing the sit-n-go poker tournaments where winners can double up their buy-in. Members of the gang were sitting at these tables, sharing information and dumping chips to assure that they would double-up their buy-in.

Apparently, the scam was uncovered by a member of the Chinese gang when he began complaining that his account was suspended and PokerStars was refusing to allow him to withdraw his balance of roughly $10,000. After learning of this scam, PokerStars initially paid out over $580,000 to players that were affected but ended up paying out over $2 million in lost winnings to players that were scammed. PokerStars is working on a solution to this problem in order to protect players against scammers that are using illegal tactics to win tournaments.