Cory Zeidman, a longtime poker pro who pleaded guilty to federal charges in a sports betting fraud case last year, is likely to spend the next few years behind prison walls, PokerNews has learned.
The New Yorker, who accepted guilt on charges of conspiracy and wire fraud more than two years after his arrest, initially denied the allegations in a 2022 statement to PokerNews.
“In the words of (German philosopher Friedrich) Nietzsche, ‘Everything the state says is a lie and everything it has it has stolen.’ They took all my money and they seem upset that I won’t plead to things I haven’t done. I’ve been advised by my council to not get into details but I anxiously await my day in court. I have worked in the sports handicapping industry for the past 40 years starting with ‘professor picks.’ Trade secret — he wasn’t a real professor. I want to thank the outpouring of positive words in support from my close friends and family who know me best as an individual with the highest level of morals and integrity,” Zeidman said in June 2022, weeks after his arrest.
Just two years later and the player who infamously slowrolled Poker Hall of Famer Jennifer Harman at the 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) now knows approximately how long he’ll spend in prison.