{"id":1448,"date":"2026-03-13T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=1448"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:09:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T06:09:59","slug":"the-lodge-card-club-money-laundering-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/the-lodge-card-club-money-laundering-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas' Largest Poker Room Under Investigation: The Lodge Card Club Accused of Money Laundering and Illegal Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2fd570e88d.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2fd570e88d.webp 660w, https:\/\/hunter.poker\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2fd570e88d-300x199.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Well-known Texas Poker club&nbsp;<strong>The Lodge Card Club<\/strong>&nbsp;It was raided recently, and the reason for the investigation has finally surfaced. According to&nbsp;<strong>Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission (TABC)<\/strong>&nbsp;According to the official statement, this operation is related to<strong>Suspected of money laundering and illegal gambling activities<\/strong>Related to the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This one is made up of well-known poker professionals&nbsp;<strong>Doug Polk, Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen<\/strong>&nbsp;The co-owned poker room is still closed, and the official timetable for its re-opening has not yet been announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, TABC law enforcement officials entered the Lodge Card Club venue in the Austin area to launch a search operation for a previously undisclosed investigation. Since the agency responsible for the investigation mainly manages alcohol-related matters, many people initially speculated that the operation might be related to alcohol licensing issues or the provision of alcohol to minors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with the release of the official statement, these speculations have been confirmed to be incorrect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TABC announces background of investigation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Director of Communications, TABC&nbsp;<strong>Chris Porter<\/strong>&nbsp;Hunter Poker was provided with basic information about the investigation and explained the background of the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said\uff1a<br>\"The Financial Crime Investigation Department of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission, together with the special Investigation Unit and the operations Department, has executed a search and seizure order at The Lodge Card Club. This action is aimed at a case involving<strong>Suspected of money laundering and illegal gambling<\/strong>The ongoing investigation. \u300d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is understood that this operation has about&nbsp;<strong>20 TABC agents<\/strong>Participate, and at the same time&nbsp;<strong>Williamson County Sheriff's Office (Williamson County Sheriff's Office)<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS)<\/strong>&nbsp;With the assistance of law enforcement officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, the official confirmation&nbsp;<strong>No one has been arrested yet, and no formal charges have been filed against the company.<\/strong>\u3002 The relevant investigation is still in progress, so law enforcement agencies have not announced more details for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the incident, The Lodge Card Club also issued a short statement to its members on Thursday morning to explain the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement stated that\uff1a<br>\"Our team of lawyers is working hard to understand the reasons for this search, but so far, the relevant departments have not clearly explained the overall situation to us. \u300d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the investigation continues, this incident has attracted widespread attention in the Texas hold'em circle. As one of the most influential poker venues in Texas in recent years, whether The Lodge can resume operations quickly in the future and how the results of the survey will affect the local poker industry remains to be seen. Follow-up development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">All related news of The Lodge Club\uff1a<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/the-lodge-card-club-raid-texas-poker-room-investigation\/\">The Lodge Card Club Issues Statement Following Raid; Facility Remains Closed<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/doug-polk-the-lodge-investigation\/\">Doug Polk: Player Funds Are 100% Safe, Calls The Lodge Incident a \"Political Witch Hunt\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lodge Card Club, Texas&#039;s largest poker room, was recently raided by law enforcement, with officials confirming the investigation is related to suspected money laundering and illegal gambling activities. The operation was led by the TABC Financial Crimes Unit, in conjunction with the local sheriff&#039;s office and the IRS. Approximately 20 agents participated in the raid. No arrests or charges have been made so far, but the club remains closed, and a reopening date has not yet been determined.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[325],"tags":[382,439,438,435,437,383,440,384],"class_list":["post-1448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-325","tag-doug-polk","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-money-laundering","tag-poker-industry-news","tag-poker-investigation","tag-texas-poker","tag-texas-poker-room","tag-the-lodge-card-club"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1463,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1448\/revisions\/1463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}