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.
On Friday, Asian news agency Yonhap reported that Chinese authorities had arrested 14 South Koreans on Wednesday for allegedly trying to lure Chinese citizens into foreigner-only casinos in Korea. The charges i...
Just days before the first slot parlor opens in Massachusetts, the American Gaming Association (AGA) has appointed former Boston police commissioner, Ed Davis to advise them on illegal gambling. The recently cr...
According to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) U.S. casinos increased suspicious activity reports to the agency by 69% last year. At a recent conference in Las Vegas, ...
The Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, DICJ, issued a warning Friday, June 12, 2015 to the public regarding illegal gaming websites. Illegal gambling sites are claiming they are licensed and regulated b...
Thursday—June 11, 2015 was a busy day for Rockland, New York District Attorney Thomas Zugibe when "Operation Rock Bottom" proved useful in eight arrests. The 10-month long investigation focused on Internet off-...
FIFA lost support Friday, June 12, 2015, from both the Vatican and Interpol due to fraud investigations. Interpol stated it would no longer take funding from FIFA, which is supposed to stop match fixing and oth...
A grand jury in Clark County Nevada has indicted a gambler who lost half a million dollars playing table games at the Downtown Grand Las Vegas Hotel & Casino in January last year. Mark Allen Johnston claime...
On Thursday the North Carolina Supreme Court reversed a lower court decision that kept the Onslow County sheriff from enforcing laws banning video poker gaming. The decision was issued a month and a half after ...
When Las Vegas Sands Chairman and billionaire Sheldon Adelson decided to terminate his Sands China CEO Steve Jacobs in 2010, he had no idea of the repercussions that decision would bring. Jacobs took Adelson an...
Two croupiers, Craig Walker and Daniel Johnson, figured out a way to fix a roulette wheel, so the ball would go into the same slot, while working at Coral Island Casino in Blackpool, Lancashire, UK. Once the wh...
The investigation into FIFA has confirmed that an ugly monster controls the ‘beautiful’ game. The investigation has implicated some of the most senior members of FIFA on corruption charges and also alleges that...
Companies that promote, market or direct residents of New Jersey to illegal online gambling sites now have 150 days to stop such activity. The gambling regulators of New Jersey have set the time frame of 150 da...
Keith Lehr won the $10,000 Heads-Up No-limit Hold ‘em Championship at the World Series of Poker on the 4th of June but it was fifth place finisher Valeriu Coca of Moldova who caught the attention of the media.
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Beijing anti-corruption campaign has extended its reach into international territories as Chinese authorities are determined to go after corrupted officials and VIP gamblers from the Mainland who have now fled ...
The US Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced this week that it had imposed a $75 million fine on the Tinian Dynasty Hotel and Casino, which is located in the Commonwea...