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.
In the United Kingdom, some 53 football players from the nation’s top eight leagues were reportedly flagged to the Gambling Commission regulator in the 29 months after new rules were brought in to stamp out mem...
Scott Tom, founder and co-owner of Costa Rica-based Absolute Poker, arrived in the U.S. from Barbados Thursday to face money laundering and UIGEA charges. Scott, a resident of Antigua, pleaded not guilty to the...
Every year on Christmas Day the Grosvenor Casino in Manchester on Bury New Road shuts down operations. This is the one day during the year that the venue closes and apparently a gang of robbers decided this wou...
The Turkish Cypriot daily Kibris reported on Thursday that operations are on again at ‘casinos’ in the village of Pyla, in Larnaca District, Cyprus, not under the same names, however, after having been forced t...
A video appeared on Youtube over the weekend that appears to show an online blackjack dealer fudging the shoe to swap cards with a player, resulting in a losing hand. The Live Dealer feed from Global Gaming Lab...
Reports coming out of Macau show that high rollers seem to have bounced back from a crackdown introduced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in his desire to combat anti-corruption and money-laundering. Three of t...
Following the publication last month of new nationwide guidelines that established clearer definitions for gambling machines, the Chilean state of Valparaiso has reportedly announced that it plans to be the fir...
The Chairwoman and CEO of the Philippines Amusement and Gaming Corp has denied being offered a bribe from Macau-based gaming scion Jack Lam. Andrea Domingo, the current Pagcor chief, did acknowledge that she me...
In the Philippines, lawmakers reportedly look set to require the nation’s land-based casinos to observe more stringent anti-money laundering rules following last year’s alleged laundering of funds electronicall...
Government stakeholders in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands casino industry are getting specialized training in a variety of subjects including regulatory compliance and criminal investigations ...
In the United States territory of Guam, an anti-casino group has reportedly called on government officials to investigate alleged illegal gambling activities it believes are taking place at a fairgrounds facili...
The Isle Casino and Racing in Pompano Beach and a Slovania-based electronic table games manufacturer are both named as defendants in a class-action lawsuit that claims a dice game has been taking too big of a c...
In Macau, a man has reportedly been arrested for his involvement in a criminal scheme that allegedly saw him illegally trade some 100 counterfeit United States banknotes for genuine local currencies.
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In Thailand, police reportedly arrested four South Korean men over the weekend for operating an alleged illegal online sportsbetting operation out of a rented house in the resort city of Pattaya.
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Last year, gambling legislation was being considered in Kenya that would have changed the industry, but the bill was not passed into law. Instead, tax provisions that had been included in the measure were place...