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What Happens If an Undocumented Immigrant Wins the Lottery?​

Mar 31, 2026
What happens if someone wins the lottery… but can’t legally stay in the country?
In this interview, top nation's top lottery attorney Kurt Panouses breaks down what happens when an undocumented immigrant wins a jackpot—covering legal risks, claiming the ticket, and whether the money can actually be accessed.
From claiming a winning ticket without legal status… to the real legal risks undocumented immigrants face… this is a side of the lottery few ever see.


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A Day in the Life of the Nation’s Top Lottery Attorney

Feb 1, 2026 #jackpot #dayinthelife
When lottery jackpots reach life-changing levels, one of the first calls is often to Kurt Panouses. This is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the life of the nation’s top lottery attorney.
It’s an inside look at what it’s like to be trusted at the exact moment someone’s life changes forever.
Kurt Panouses is the most recognized lottery lawyer in America and has represented some of the largest jackpots in U.S. history, including the $1.05 BILLION Mega Millions win. He’s guided dozens of multimillion-dollar winners through moments most people will never experience.
But this interview isn’t about advice or instructions.
It’s about the reality of working inside a world where decisions carry enormous weight — and what life actually looks like behind the scenes when you operate at that level.


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Pro poker player who's won more than $48 million says new tax laws forced him into semi-retirement: 'It's really untenable'​

Professional poker player Erik Seidel says he chose to semi-retire this year — but not because his career was slowing down.

Seidel played his first major tournament in 1988, finishing as runner-up in the World Series of Poker main event. He became a full-time professional poker player in 1995, and over the course of his career has racked up winnings of more than $48 million playing in live poker tournaments, according to the Hendon Mob Poker Database, an online compendium of poker stats.


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US soldier involved in Maduro’s capture charged after winning $400,000 from prediction bets​

A U.S. soldier was charged on Thursday with using classified information about the capture of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro — information he accessed through his official duties — to place bets on prediction markets and earn more than $400,000.

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, 38, was indicted in federal court in Manhattan on charges including wire fraud, commodities fraud, unlawful use of confidential government information, and unlawful monetary transactions, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. If convicted on all counts, he faces a maximum combined sentence of up to 40 years in prison.

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The Dark Truth Behind Pro Sports Gambling (Exposed)​

Apr 29, 2026
For 30 years, Michael Franzese has been the man the pro leagues and the NCAA call to protect their players. Why? Because before he was an advocate, he was the perpetrator. Michael ran one of the most sophisticated gambling operations on the streets, with 12 to 13 bookmakers praying on the "competitiveness" of professional athletes.
In this deep dive, Michael reveals the exact mechanics of the gambling trap: how bookmakers let players sink into impossible debt, how that debt is leveraged to fix games, and the chilling instructions given to quarterbacks, running backs, and referees to "even the score."
Michael also weighs in on the modern era of legalized gambling, why athletes today have more access (and more risk) than ever before, and his honest thoughts on Michael Jordan’s gambling habits.
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What Professional Gamblers Can Teach You About Money - Kit Chellel​

Apr 30, 2026
Imagine you're smart enough to go to Wall Street, but instead you move into a Vegas apartment with six other guys and spend the next decade quietly robbing casinos blind, that's the wild true story Kit Chellel lays out in Lucky Devils, and I promise you it reads like the HBO series nobody's made yet. Kit joins me on Open Book to break down how science, obsession, and a little bit of beautiful arrogance changed the game forever.
Kit Chellel is a reporter at Bloomberg and Businessweek Magazine, covering sports gambling, financial scandals, state-sponsored espionage, and more. He has received a Gerald Loeb Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, and a feature reporting prize from the New York Press Club. He is coauthor, with Matthew Campbell, of Dead in the Water, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.
Read his brilliant new book "Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game" here: https://amzn.to/4vWooFP


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  • FIFA is raising payouts to participating teams by an additional $2 million each.
  • With the revised financial distribution structure, June’s World Cup is set to be the most lucrative on record.
  • These increments, however, come as football’s governing body faces other questions over its finances.
www.cnbc.com

World Cup prize pool nears $900 million as FIFA boosts payouts. Here’s who gets what

FIFA's upcoming World Cup is set to be the most lucrative on-record, with a 'record breaking' prize pool on offer, as FIFA shrugs off other controversies.
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