while in her 60s, alice ivers was arrested several times after the “poker palace” incident for being a madam, a gambler, and a bootlegger, as well as her drunkenness. she would comply with the law and pay her fines, but keep her business still. in 1928, she was arrested again for bootlegging and her repeated offenses of holding a brothel. despite this sentence to prison, ivers did not end up having to stay, because she was pardoned by then governor bulow of south dakota who did so because of her old age.