Every industry and profession has its unsavory characters. While much of the world gambling trade is now regulated, there are still plenty of regions in the dark grey and darker zones. As well, whenever extraordinary amounts of money or opportunity are available in any business, a few bad apples will try to take advantage of it. We cover the important breaking crime news here which can include anything from a compromised regulator to small-time crooks looking to profit off some weakness in security.
In a matter of a few short years, we have shown the spotlight on well over 500 incidences of malfeasance running the gamut from insider trading to casino heists, cheating, hacking, money laundering, illegal bookmaking, data breaches, unlicensed operations, tax evasion, conspiracy, racketeering, bribery, and financial fraud.
We don't cover every single sensational crime, because this isn't clickbait - it's just us doing our part as responsible participants in an industry that should always remain transparent and accountable... an industry so self-conscious about its past that violations are often brought to a regulator's attention by the very actors who have made a mistake.
An unprecedented special operation has been conducted in Ukraine. SSU’s cyber specialists caught the group of criminals that transferred the funds from the gambling site to Russia. According to SSU, the crimina...
Tabcorp, the Australian betting and entertainment provider, has commenced proceedings in the Supreme Court against the competing provider Entain and the NSW division of the Australian Hotels Association. Tabco...
Landing International Development Ltd., an innovative operator based in South Korea, has officially announced that it has suspended its chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Yang Zhihui, due to legal proceeding...
The Football Association charges Ivan Toney, famous Brentford striker, with 232 alleged breaches of its gambling law. This may lead him to being banned from playing. With the World Cup coming soon, this is a si...
Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) will be faced with 62 charges by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) for supposedly using gaming machines that didn't have obligatory pre-...
The former leader of a Massachusetts Native American tribe, Cedric Cromwell, has been convicted of accepting bribes from the Rhode Island architecture and design company working closely with the tribe to build ...
The Government signed an uncompromising ban on gambling ads between 5.30 am - 9 pm as part of the Gambling Regulation Bill. This ban signifies a crucial reform of the Irish gambling industry as the Government w...
MGM, one of the leaders in the American casino industry, made a bid for LeoVegas, a Swedish gambling company, in May this year. The bid was worth about a billion dollars, or almost six billion kroner.
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Cambodia and China solidify their partnership with an agreement to improve their joint efforts to stop online gambling and telecommunications scams. This very productive deal was announced to the public last we...
Two corporate bookmakers, Sportsbet and Bet365, will be subjected to the audit authorized by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC). External auditors will assess Sportsbet and Bet36...
Most forms of online gambling are illegal in Japan and the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has now reportedly launched a public information campaign to remind potential domestic aficionados of this f...
In Australia and international law firm Allen and Overy LLP has reportedly recommended the far-reaching remediation plan recently put forward by local casino operator The Star Entertainment Group Limited.
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As officials in New York are busy deciding where to site a potential trio of ‘downstate’ resort casinos and it would reportedly seem that illegal high-stakes gambling has already become a fixture in one small c...
As part of its campaign to crack down on the supposedly growing prevalence of illegal gambling operations and the government of Cambodia has reportedly issued a new set of guidelines for all licensed commercial...
During a public meeting on Wednesday, a consent agreement was approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).
It is decided that Stadium Casino RE, LLC, operator of Live! Casino Philadelphia need...