NEW YORK (AP) -- One of the nation's top poker players blamed gambling for derailing his life on Thursday as he was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for a $31 million debt collection scam.

Six-time Grand Slam winner Boris Becker is releasing a memoir, and the book includes insight into his time behind bars. While the German was incarcerated, he spent quite a bit of time playing cards ...

Testimony in federal court this week suggests that the contractor on trial in the federal Houston ISD bribery trial was creating fake invoices to pay off staggering poker debts. A timber company owner ...

Many athletes have been known to spend some time at the poker table – from soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo to MLB slugger Jose Canseco to Pro Football Hall of Famer Richard Seymour. Carrying that ...

Former UFC champion Chris Weidman gave one of his friends a unique ultimatum over a $5,000 gambling debt. Chris Weidman won’t back down from an eventual return to the UFC Octagon, despite recent calls ...

KARACHI, Pakistan — Police are seeking 10 men, including several tribal elders, accused of pressuring a Pakistani woman to hand over her teenage daughter as payment for a 16-year-old poker debt, ...

The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But many borrowers don’t respond to the suits and lose by default. By Ann Carrns ...