So, how can police bust three card monte scams? That’s just cheating at a game of chance.
Because it’s not a game of chance. It’s just a con.
Aside from that, unlicensed gambling is illegal.
I bet the IRS would love to hear about this. There should be a nice paper trail.
Assuming Hamilton didn’t pay taxes of course.
I would assume in the intervening nearly decade since the last post 
, statute of limitations is almost exhausted.
Except if they determine that your under-reporting of income was fraudulent. In that case the IRS can audit you forever. No statute of limitations.
He’d have to have been an absolute moron to not report the money to the IRS, given that his “winning” was not only a matter of public knowledge, but publicized.
Mind you, him being an absolute moron is not a point that I am prepared to reject.