Little Boy Wins Big at Online Poker

There have been numerous stories about an 8 year old boy, whose parents say is a math wiz, having won a half million dollars playing online poker.

The boy is from India and supposedly has been playing on an account created by an uncle. Aashish Nanak, is a computer genius, so says his family and has been online since he was 3 years old.

Now the family is wanting to know why the online poker room won’t pay them the money Aashish has earned. They currently have a case pending in a New Delhi court against the poker room. The poker site has asked to remain anonymous and says they don’t want to pay because the boy is underage. The family claims there was never any problem as the child played and employees of the poker site knew how old he was. The family also claims that at no time were they told or read about the age restrictions while playing online poker.

News Added: 15 March, 2010

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