 It was not aired entirely in the state of Texas due to the state's strict gambling laws.NBC abruptly stopped airing "Poker After Dark" on September 23, 2011, a few days after Preet Bharara, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, issued a statement alleging production underwriter Full Tilt Poker had perpetrated a Ponzi scheme on its customers.Replacing the show was a rebroadcast of the Hoda Kotb/Kathie Lee Gifford-hosted fourth hour of "Today", and on the weekends, a second episode of "In Wine Country" from San Francisco Bay Area NBC station KNTV.