We have long wondered what would happen to someone caught playing the legalized online poker sites from a different state.

Would their money just be forfeited? Would they be arrested?

Seems like we got our answer -- at least in New Jersey.

Vinh Dao, an unknown poker player from California, was playing on the New Jersey sites in 2014, and was caught. He had $92,000 in his various accounts, and was allowed to keep $2500 of it in exchange for "cooperation" and agreement to forfeit the funds.

It is possible that the $2500 was returned in exchange for him explaining how he did it.

There was no talk of prosecuting him criminally.

Here's the documents from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement: https://2e0bs62so1hlnpqst3vja2p1-wpe...ornia-case.pdf

Here's Haley Hintze's flushdraw article: http://www.flushdraw.net/news/califo...w-jersey-play/

While this is a 2014 matter, note that the NJ DGE document is dated January 2019, as it apparently took this long to come to this decision and agreement. Prior to that, the matter was under seal and unknown to the public.

Despite the fact that the $90k was won from other poker players, it is not being returned to them. The respective online casinos are keeping it, which shouldn't be allowed, but apparently is -- at least in New Jersey.