Las Vegas Sands agrees to pay $9 million to end Macau bribery probe Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsLas VegasMacauBriberyFines, Lawsuits & Litigation April 8, 2016 0Las Vegas Sands Corp (NYSE: LVS) agreed Thursday to pay $9 million in order to end a five year probe into...
Austria charges Bwin.party exes Teufelberger, Bodner with bribery Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsEuropean Casino NewsOnline Gambling NewsBriberyFines, Lawsuits & Litigation February 28, 2016 0Two former top executives at Bwin.party, an online gambling operator, face bribery charges related to a failed application in 2007...
Nearly all the top officials of Crystal City, Texas arrested by FBI Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino NewsNorth America Casino NewsGaming Industry NewsUnlicensed OperationCrimeBriberyFines, Lawsuits & LitigationTexas February 9, 2016 0The odd man out, Councilman Joel Barajas is the only member of the Crystal City, Texas city council not facing...
Roger Federer and Andy Murray want players to be named in match fixing allegations Renee Kingsley Gaming Law & LegislationCentral & South America GamingIllegal BookmakingSports bettingCrimeBriberyUnited Kingdom January 20, 2016 0World tennis was rocked this week when a player from South America got candid and revealed that match fixing was...
Macau authorities investigate two officials who are suspected of taking bribes Renee Kingsley Casino CheatingChinaMoney LaunderingAsian Casino NewsMacauCrimeRacketeeringBribery December 16, 2015 0Chinese President Xi Jinping launched an anti-corruption crackdown in Macau due to growing concerns that government officials in high level...
Sepp Blatter role in $100m FIFA bribery scandal probed by FBI Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino NewsWorld Casino NewsGaming Industry NewsOnline Gambling NewsCrimeBriberyFines, Lawsuits & Litigation December 10, 2015 0A British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) investigation has discovered that the FBI is investigating the role the Fédération Internationale de Football...
CFA wants Las Vegas Sands Corp and billionaire Sheldon Adelson to be investigated Renee Kingsley Las VegasMoney LaunderingUnlicensed OperationAsian Casino NewsMacauConspiracyCrimeRacketeeringBribery November 9, 2015 0Update 11-26-2015: CfA retracts public comments and allegations, issues apology. Sheldon Adelson, billionaire and chairman of the Las Vegas Sands...
Britain to return corrupt Macau official’s stolen fortune Renee Kingsley Money LaunderingAsian Casino NewsMacauTax EvasionConspiracyCrimeRacketeeringBriberyFinancial Fraud November 5, 2015 0Ao Man Long was elected as Macau’s first Secretary for Transport and Public Works back in 2004 and was on...
Members of Nepal national football team accused of match-fixing Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino NewsWorld Casino NewsAsian Casino NewsNepalBribery October 15, 2015 0According to local sources, one former national player and the team captain and vice-captain of Nepal’s national football team among...
Jury convicts N.J. land owner of casino agency bribe Kim M Latest Casino and Gambling NewsCasino NewsGaming Industry NewsBriberyNew Jersey October 14, 2015 0Friday a jury in Cape May County found a South Jersey man guilty of second-degree bribery of a government official...
Indian authorities accuse Hawala operator of financing casinos in Goa Renee Kingsley Casino NewsIndiaMoney LaunderingAsian Casino NewsBriberyFinancial Fraud August 13, 2015 0Raychand Soni was arrested by Indian authorities earlier this week as he was accused of being a key ‘hawala operator’...
Philippines Secretary of Justice deports alleged gambling criminal Bo Wang Lars Jones ChinaMoney LaunderingBriberyFinancial FraudPhilippines August 8, 2015 0Philippine Secretary of Justice Leila De Lima re-issued a deportation order on Tuesday for the alleged gambling kingpin from China,...
Indian Premier League corruption scandal results in severe punishments for top cricket teams Renee Kingsley IndiaMoney LaunderingIllegal BookmakingUnlicensed OperationOnline Gambling NewsAsian Casino NewsSports bettingTax EvasionConspiracyCrimeRacketeeringBriberyFinancial Fraud July 15, 2015 0The Indian Premier League (IPL) which was founded in 2008 took the cricketing world by storm. The league format allowed...
Okada’s Universal Entertainment sued for US$3.42 billion by shareholder Lars Jones Latest Casino and Gambling NewsWorld Casino NewsJapanBriberyFines, Lawsuits & LitigationPhilippines June 27, 2015 0According to a filing with the Japanese stock exchange as reported on Asian news outlet GGRAsia, Universal Entertainment Corp shareholder,...