Poker cheating tipline
Report Poker Cheating, Collusion and Scams
Have you witnessed cheating in a poker game, casino, cardroom, tournament, private game or online poker room? Do you have firsthand information about collusion, marked cards, ghosting, real-time assistance, chip dumping, account sharing, dealer misconduct or another poker racket?
Were you — or are you currently — part of a poker cheating operation?
Poker Chaos wants to hear what really happened. Use the tipline to discreetly submit information, evidence or a firsthand account.
Tips are gathered as research for the show— this is not a law-enforcement, regulatory or casino-security reporting channel.
Who should come forward
- Players
- Dealers
- Tournament staff
- Casino employees
- Online-poker personnel
- Security professionals
- Investigators
- Industry insiders
- Participants in cheating operations
You may identify yourself or ask Poker Chaos to withhold your identity from public reporting. Please read the confidentiality notice before submitting information.
What you can report
Credible Information We Welcome
Grouped by where the conduct happens. If your information does not fit neatly into one of these, send it anyway and describe what you saw.
At the table
- Collusion between poker players
- Ghosting or coaching during live hands
- Angle shooting and coordinated deception
- Private-game scams and rigged games
Online and technology
- Online poker cheating
- Real-time assistance and prohibited poker software
- Poker bots and automated play
- Artificial-intelligence tools used during play
- Multi-accounting and account sharing
Cards, chips and devices
- Marked, altered or switched cards
- Hidden cameras, signaling systems and electronic devices
- Counterfeit chips and chip theft
Staff, rulings and results
- Dealer cheating or dealer-player cooperation
- Tournament-rule manipulation
- Misreported tournament results
- Cover-ups or failures to investigate credible allegations
Money and fraud
- Chip dumping and suspicious transfers
- Fraud involving staking, backing or player funds
- Bribery, kickbacks and undisclosed financial arrangements
- Money laundering connected to poker activity
Anything else
Other conduct affecting the fairness and integrity of poker.
What Makes a Tip Usable
A disputed ruling, bad beat or unusual play is not automatically evidence of cheating. Tell us exactly what happened and why you believe misconduct occurred.
- What you observed
- The hands, the room, the dates, and who was involved.
- What evidence exists
- Hand histories, screenshots, recordings, receipts, messages, or witnesses.
- Why you believe it was misconduct
- What rules it out as ordinary bad luck or a routine dispute.
From the inside
Were You Part of a Cheating Operation?
Poker Chaos also wants to hear from current and former cheaters, organizers, participants and insiders willing to explain what is really happening behind the scenes.
Current participants can provide information that helps expose ongoing misconduct and protect players. Former participants can tell the complete story: what they did, what they gained, and how they were caught or why they stopped.
We want the truth — the successes, the failures, the betrayals, the close calls and the consequences.
Tell us the whole story
- How the operation began
- Where it happened
- How long it ran
- Who may have been affected
- How participants avoided detection
- What ultimately went wrong
- Why you decided to speak out
Do not send
Candid and uncensored accounts are welcome. Do not send anything intended to help other people reproduce a scheme or keep cheating.
- Instructions intended to help other people cheat
- Passwords, stolen financial information or access credentials
- Threats, extortion demands or offers to commit crimes
- Plans for future crimes
- Information intended to help participants evade detection
- Evidence obtained through hacking or other unlawful access
- Claims you know are false or misleading
These limits are summarized here. The binding version is Section 10.1 of the terms.
Confidential Signal tip line
Scan the code, or tap the handle to open Signal.
Tell Poker Chaos what really happens when nobody is supposed to be watching. The confession booth is open.
Confidentiality notice
Read This Before You Send Anything
You may identify yourself or ask that your identity be withheld from public reporting. What follows is what Poker Chaos can and cannot promise you.
- Your identity stays yours
- Poker Chaos will not intentionally publish your name or details without your permission, and may discuss the substance of a tip without identifying you.
- Tips are research for the show
- Information sent here is used for editorial research, discussion and commentary on Poker Chaos. This is not a law-enforcement, regulatory or casino-security reporting channel, and sending a tip does not open an investigation or file a report. If a matter needs official action, contact the relevant authority, operator or regulator directly.
- No absolute anonymity is promised
- Poker Chaos is an entertainment and commentary program, not a law firm, newsroom or regulator. No privilege or confidentiality agreement is created by contacting us, and Signal is operated by a third party.
- Describing your own conduct carries risk
- It may expose you to civil, criminal, contractual or professional consequences. Poker Chaos cannot give you legal advice. Talk to your own attorney first.
- Claims are not facts
- Nothing is presented as established fact because somebody claims it. Poker Chaos is not obligated to read, investigate, publish or act on any tip.
Must be 18+. Read the full tip line terms for the binding version, including what must not be sent.