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.
The Casino Rama Resort in Ontario, Canada has been hit by a cyber attack and the perpetrator got away with past and present customer, employee and vendor information. The hacker has not been identified yet but ...
In South Korea, the ongoing political corruption scandal involving president Park Geun-Hye and under-indictment confidant Choi Soon-Sil has now reportedly ensnared local casino operator Grand Korea Leisure Comp...
During the recent Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) forum in Singapore, Chris Eaton the ex-FIFA security chief stated that Singapore was no longer the center for match-fixing in Asia as the match-fixing s...
Rodrigo Duterte, the President of the Philippines has created a lot of controversy within the first year of his rule as his government looks to crackdown on corruption, wage war on narcotics and clean up the co...
A team from the Bangladesh Bank was in Manila Monday to start the process of moving some of the $81 million pilfered from its New York Federal Reserve in February back the central bank in Bangladesh, according ...
In Macau, a court has ordered a former casino cage manager for junket operator Dore Entertainment Company Limited to repay $12.9 million she allegedly stole from a VIP room at the Wynn Resort Casino Macau in Se...
A loan shark syndicate was reportedly operating in Macau for at least two years before the Judiciary Police were able to make any arrests. Just this week, eleven individuals were arrested for allegedly being pa...
As voters in the United States get set to go to the polls tomorrow to elect their 45th President, reports have emerged linking both main candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, to a Macau casino owner cur...
On Thursday, one of four men involved in a long-running scam that managed to siphon $1 million from the Bellagio, was sentenced to a two to five-year prison term, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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Sports betting is legal only in Nevada, Delaware, Montana and Oregon as all the remaining states follow the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) which has banned sports betting since 1992. On ...
The village of Pyla, located within the United Nations buffer zone on the divided island of Cyprus has seen illegal casinos raided and shut down following a five-hour operation that began at 4am today. Accordin...
The Philippines has continued to tighten financial regulations on the casino industry in an effort to stop money laundering activities in the country. Rep. Feliciano Belmonte Jr from Quezon City recently introd...
The head of Macau’s Gaming Inspection And Coordination Bureau regulator has reportedly announced that none of the 18 employees of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Limited arrested and detained by Chines...
The state gambling regulator in Nevada is reportedly investigating allegations that giant casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation allowed high-stakes Chinese players to bet millions of dollars using other p...
The Australian newspaper has reported that Chinese authorities have continued their crackdown on gambling promoters in Mainland China and have arrested another 10 individuals. The 10 people in custody are suspe...