Borgata charging Phil Ivey with RICO Act

The Borgata Casino in Atlantic City has been constantly coming up with new legal charges in their case against Phil Ivey. This time, they are claiming that Ivey's edge sorting technique can be considered racketeering. 

The RICO Act is rarely used, and even then it's mostly for charges like drug trafficking and such. 

"Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly referred to as the RICO Act or simply RICO, is a United States federal law that provides for extended criminal penalties and a civil cause of action for acts performed as part of an ongoing criminal organization. The RICO Act focuses specifically on racketeering, and it allows the leaders of a syndicate to be tried for the crimes which they ordered others to do or assisted them".

So basically, the Borgata is saying that Ivey's edge sorting technique, that he used to win $9.6 million at their casino, is on the level of a crime as serious as running a crime syndicate. The casinos in the edge sorting cases have used a wide range of excuses and legal threats and charges to try to win their cases.

If you want to know more about the Ivey vs. Borgata lawsuit, check out this article where you can read details about the case aswell as Daniel  Negreanu's opinion , and you can also read the article about Ivey's edge sorting partner, who was also involved in a lawsuit.