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Ace King
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Full Tilt Poker founder Ray Bitar plead guilty last week to operating an illegal online poker company.
Bitar who is awaiting a heart transplant and only has 6 months to a year to live without one, will not be serving any prison time. The former Full Tilt Poker head was sentenced to time served exactly two years to the day he was indicted.
Bitar flew from Ireland over the summer to face charges in a prosecution that shut down U.S. operations for the three largest Internet poker companies.
Bitar was ordered to turn over more than $40 million as part of the plea deal.
Prosecutors had decided not to seek jail time as Bitar would be unable to obtain a heart transplant once imprisoned.
- Ace King, Gambling911.com
