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.
Just days after the Hard Rock Casino of Las Vegas reported they were subject to a security breach, another casino is now reporting a possible data breach incident. An internal investigation has begun at the Fir...
Many of the aboriginal or Native Indian Tribes in the United States make a significant amount of their revenue from their tribal based casinos. The casinos that operate on reservation land come under a differen...
The case started in April 2013, when the US Department of Justice indicted 34 people including Luke King, former CEO of Legends Sports. King has now been found guilty on the charges of illegal gambling. The US ...
A study entitled Risky Business, researched by the Swinburne University of Australia, has found that record numbers of Vietnamese women are being jailed due to crime activity based on gambling debts. The women ...
Six months ago a raid on Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino in California led to its closure and charges against 15 individuals including tribal police. Plea bargain offers were announced on April 30, 2015, wi...
Thomas Rust, a Utah man, was convicted on money laundering, drug, and tax charges. This former high roller of West Wendover, Nevada casinos laundered $384,569 in drug money using slot machines. The verdict was ...
Officials of the Las Vegas Hard Rock Hotel & Casino have reported that the property may have been subject to a malware attack. On Friday the casino revealed that it is believed hackers used a malware attack...
It was reported on Monday that Bryan Micon has been charged with a Class B felony in Nevada for his role in the bitcoin-only Seals With Clubs online poker site. Gaming regulators and the Nevada Attorney General...
The ongoing saga of Jacobs vs Las Vegas Sands found Las Vegas Sands Corp. Chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson testifying before a judge at the Clark County Justice Center in Las Vegas on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. S...
Underage gambling has become a problem in the state of Maryland, with individuals under the age of 21 gaining access to the gaming floor at four of the state’s gambling facilities. Both the Maryland Live casino...
Thursday April 16, 2015 at Sun International's GrandWest Casino, went slightly different than planned. The evening was set for fans to come see the South Africa and Israel hockey match. However, a 45 minute del...
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's attempt to ban guns in local casinos has been rejected. Attorney General Kathleen Kane reviewed an August 2014 action by the Gaming Control Board trying to prevent firear...
A casino website, 99world.com, was launched in 2013 to expose gamblers with debts; most often Chinese citizens who avail themselves of the services of junket operators to get around laws restricting the amount ...
A United Nations Crime Conference in Doha, Qatar on April 15, 2015, revealed sports betting is a $3 trillion business, with most of the funds being played through illegal gambling locations. A betting expert, P...
A major ruling has occurred in online bookie Paul Phua Wei Seng's case of illegal gambling, with a judge handing down a decision in the defendants favor. On Friday, United States District Judge Andrew Gordon de...