"The Engines and Empires of New York City Gambling"

This Adam Gopnik piece in the new New Yorker has lots of interesting moments, many of them poker-related--including the story of Arnold Rothstein's downfall; a lot about Jack Richardson, the author of The Memoir of a Gambler and his backroom games at Elaine's; and a discussion of Molly Bloom.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/...