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.
StarsDraft, the "new kid on the block" in daily fantasy sports (DFS) has scaled back its offering to only include players physically present in Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, and New Jersey. Parent company, A...
There may not be an abundance of amity between Cypriots living in the south and those living in the north, but there is a special village in the republic which is bi-communal with a fairly balanced population. ...
The daily fantasy sports (DFS) industry is under siege from all quarters. Wednesday the Wall Street Journal, quoting anonymous sources, reported that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI are investigati...
On Thursday, the Nevada Gaming Control Board ( NGCB) decided to rule that daily fantasy sports will require a license if companies are going to operate in the state. The board ruled the activity a form of gambl...
According to local sources, one former national player and the team captain and vice-captain of Nepal’s national football team among others have been arrested and charged with match-fixing in international and ...
Friday a jury in Cape May County found a South Jersey man guilty of second-degree bribery of a government official so that he could increase the sale price of an Atlantic City property he was selling.
The re...
Toronto police have raided gambling dens and illegal casinos in several areas of the city resulting in the arrests of more than 30 people and seizure of enough gambling equipment and other evidence to fill two...
Five gamblers and two dealers have been convicted of cheating at Resorts World Sentosa in two unrelated cases. All were sentenced to jail time.
The first case involves Chua Lai Huat, a sixty six ye...
Over a time frame of two years, four men were able to take down over $1 million from the craps tables at the Bellagio Casino, defeating major odds of 452 billion to one. According to Zachary Levine, a statistic...
The casino industry in Cambodia is continuing to grow as gambling establishments and junket operators promote Cambodia’s casino industry to VIP gamblers from Mainland China. The collapse of Macau’s casino indus...
In the wake of 9/11, New York passed an emergency law expanding the scope of the state’s lottery to include video lottery terminals (VLT’s), and required that at least 60% of the winnings be funneled into a sta...
According to reports a new version of the malicious Carbanak malware, christened Anunak - is attacking financial institutions around the world. Kaspersky Lab reported in February that a sustained attack resulte...
Thursday night former National Basketball Association commissioner, David Stern minced no words in stating that it is time to legalize sports betting in the United States - just as has been suggested by his suc...
Two Bellagio craps dealers along with their accomplices have been indicting in Las Vegas on multiple counts of theft and cheating at gambling, according to Chief Deputy District Attorney J. P. Raman, the Las Ve...
Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association has been fined $13,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday. The fine was levied against the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Dauphi...