Compared to prostitution, poker games sound sort of innocent.
However, when a contractor organizes a game for a contract officer and some Congressmen, red flags ought to go up.
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One way of paying someone off is losing to him at poker. So you don’t have to be a Puritan to worry about a contractor throwing poker parties for a government contract officer and some Congressmen.
Compared to prostitution, poker games sound sort of innocent.
However, when a contractor organizes a game for a contract officer and some Congressmen, red flags ought to go up.
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High Stakes poker was the principal method of bribing Louisiana Governor Edwin "Lucky" Edwards. He and his contractor buddies would publicly fly to Vegas, play poker in view of everyone, and somehow the governor turned out to be the best damn poker player in the crowd every time.