No, the arguments is not that is it fraud, that's addressed in the article, "Ivey did not commit fraud, Judge Noel Hillman for the U.S. District of New Jersey w

No, the arguments is not that is it fraud, that's addressed in the article, "Ivey did not commit fraud, Judge Noel Hillman for the U.S. District of New Jersey wrote in an opinion on Monday." The argument is it the game wasn't legal under New Jersey law as one party knowingly used marked cards. The judge believes that the fact that they didn't mark the cards themselves isn't important.