Raking the Muck is the Substack from Haley Hintze – a veteran writer of nearly 25 years in the poker and gambling worlds, widely acclaimed for her investigative reporting. That’s not a ticket to getting rich, but some stories still need the telling. On Bluesky @haleyhintze.bsky.social.
Check out the latest Raking the Muck poker stories from Haley
- And Then There Were Four – 28 April 2025 – Beginning today, Pennsylvania is officially an active participant in the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement (MSIGA).
- Nacho Best Run, Barbero – 25 April 2025 – ACR Poker’s prominent Argentinian brand representative axed after on-stream gaffe about site’s pursuit of RTA cheaters.
- Investing in Expired Poker Chips for Fun and Not Much Profit – 20 April 2025 – The four-decade saga of the old Playboy Casino’s poker chips re-emerges via New Jersey court case
- A good ‘Florida Man’ poker story! – 14 April 2025 – Veteran Orlando-area cash-game pro Ricky Pyne helps recapture man during arrest
- Arkansas Pols Consider Legalizing Online Poker, but Not for Long – 11 April 2025 – Twin iGaming measures seeking to add casino-style online gambling including poker to the state’s online sportsbetting services are shuffled off to the ‘further study’ bin.
- Florida Man Arrested for Laundering Underground Poker-Game Proceeds – 10 April 2025 – Police infiltrate long-running poker operation
- Clock Continues to Tick for US-facing Sweeps Sites – 3 April 2025 – VGW’s Global Poker adds Delaware to no-real-money list
- Slammer Time for the Presumptive ‘Pill Ivey’ – 31 March 2025 – Six years in a Spanish prison for Salman Behbehani in drug-smuggling case
- The $50 Million Poker Tournament Win That Never Was – 28 March 2025 – Sturgeon’s Law declares that 90 percent of everything is crap. When it comes to online publishing done primarily for SEO purposes, that bar is likely set way too low.
