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.
Two former top executives at Bwin.party, an online gambling operator, face bribery charges related to a failed application in 2007 for a Turkish sports betting license.
Austrian media outlet Trend reported t...
Two former employees of the Valley Forge Casino and Resort have admitted to stealing more than $40,000 from the King of Prussia, Pennsylvania facility over approximately three years.
After pleading guilty to...
Bill Schuette, the Michigan Attorney General, has released information on a cheating conspiracy case involving seven individuals, one of which was a former dealer at the MotorCity Casino. Darryl Green, age 53, ...
Local media reported today that the British Bases have destroyed gambling equipment and paraphernalia seized from illegal gambling establishments in Cyprus. Gambling is illegal in South Cyprus, the UN controlle...
A probe by the U.S. tied to possible money laundering is reviewing whether the Western Union Co. was aware of gaming transactions involving other nations, and if the firm had sufficient safeguards against such ...
On Friday, an employee of a casino in Louisiana was arrested after allegedly defrauding a Lake Charles area casino.
The Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles notified the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforce...
William Yan is a Chinese businessman who is known for gambling millions at the SkyCity Auckland casino. In just 82 minutes, the gambler was able to waste away $4.6 million during a gambling spree. Now, the busi...
Eric Swallow, the fifty-three year-old card room impresario responsible for reinventing the bankrupt Garden City Casino, wants to sell the now popular Casino M8trix in Silicon Valley, but his business partners ...
Five social clubs in the city of Boston have been hit with multiple counts of permitting illegal gambling on their premises.
According to the Massachusetts Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission (ABCC), Amer...
A former tribal casino employee has been charged with embezzlement by Federal prosecutors in a scheme involving fake “players cards” at a northeast Kansas casino.
On Tuesday, a criminal complaint was filed t...
Rather than jail time, suspended sentences were given to three men who were part of a gang that cheated the Grosvenor Victoria Casino out of thousands of pounds.
The Evening Standard reported that the gang n...
In October 2015, security at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia arrested a 20 year old table dealer and handed him over to the authorities at City West complex. The table dealer, who was a student at Melb...
The odd man out, Councilman Joel Barajas is the only member of the Crystal City, Texas city council not facing federal corruption charges.
In a bribery scheme that involves city contracts and buying council ...
Macau’s casino industry has been in decline for the last 24 months due to the significant decline of VIP gamblers who have preferred not to visit Macau due to the anti-corruption crackdown launched by Beijing. ...
Malaysian poker player Paul Phua has a built a reputation for himself as a high stakes poker player but has also gained attention over the years for being a key player in the global match fixing business.
Ph...