Police in Sugar Land, Texas say Adrian Peterson fessed up to throwing back shots of a vodka mix at a poker game early Sunday morning ... just hours before he was arrested for DWI.

Behind the glass doors of an unassuming building in Manhattan, wedged between aging facades and staring across a shuttered print shop, a shadowy world stirred, coming alive with the flick of cards, the muted clink of glasses and the quiet hum of a dangerous secret.

The poker scandal revealed to the world last Thursday at an FBI press conference was hardly the first time in history that words like “rigged” or “cheating” or “fraud” found their way into a poker narrative.

The U.S. government alleges that a dozen men with ties to infamous Mafia clans oversaw a brazen poker cheating scheme spanning six years.

FBI documents revealed an illegal gambling scheme involving over 30 arrests, including NBA players who used card-shuffling machines and hidden cameras to cheat at poker.

You can picture the scene. Tucked somewhere between the glitter and grit of Manhattan, a room wafting smoke with the rhythm of a poker game seemingly like any other: Cards whisper against felt, chips click in steady tempo,

More than 30 people were indicted on charges related to rigged, high-dollar poker games that allegedly involved NBA stars and organized crime families,

A poker player is accused of laundering money from an alleged illegal brothel running out of a Las Vegas neighborhood, according to court documents.

The hype for WWE WrestleMania 42 in Las Vegas has continued with a new poker-themed promo video featuring four top stars.