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.
14 gamblers who won $1.5 million playing mini-baccarat at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City in 2012 were ordered in February to repay any winnings they had collected. The 14 gamblers were able to take down the h...
The Mississippi Gaming Commission has voted to renew Kazuo Okada's gaming license within Mississippi, voting "suitability status" for the Japanese billionaire. Okada operates Aruze Gaming America and will now ...
Officials of Macau recently busted the second high-profile prostitution ring of the area since 2015 began, arresting 42 individuals in the process. Of those arrested, one individual is just 17 years of age and ...
The Chinese owned Union Development Group (UDG) is currently in the process of constructing a mega casino in Cambodia. The casino is being built in the Botum Sakor National Park upon 45,000-hectare-land which w...
Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd, based in Hong Kong and Macau, is again warning the public about fraudulent websites that are exploiting the company's brands. Many of the company’s hotel and resort properties, p...
Mihai Lacatos is a sixty two year old Romanian national who recently earned 18 months in jail after trying to escape charges of cheating at the game of poker. Lacatos traveled throughout the UK, cheating at car...
In a recent interview, Procurator-General Cao Jianming, stated that a new ‘super’ anti-graft bureau will be created and used to investigate cases of corruption that correspond with high-ranking officials. The c...
Beijing continues to be relentless in its fight against corruption specifically targeting Macau's casinos and VIP gamblers who spend lavish sums of money without clearly accounting for their source of income. T...
Unpaid gambling debt has hurt the Ritz Casino greatly, so much so, that the casino has had to file several lawsuits against wealthy clients who have unpaid bills. The High Court received filings against ten ind...
Correction 3-13-15: According to a correction from the Tribe's attorney only 6 of the 19 defendants are current tribal members. It is unclear whether the misreported 13 were part of the 76 tribal memberships t...
Canadian based Amaya Gaming was relatively unknown until it decided to acquire the Rational Group which is the parent company of PokerStars, the biggest online poker website and Full Tilt Poker, one of the most...
Sands China Ltd. was slapped with minor sanctions by District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez for redacting information from specific documents which were in relation to the Steve Jacobs, (former President of Sands Ch...
Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians' former General Counsel, Gary Edward Koval, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery in early April 2014 for his role in a casino corruption case in California. A...
Four New York men were arrested February 19th after allegedly tricking dealers at the Harrah's New Orleans casino. The men were arrested for cheating and swindling and conspiracy to commit cheating and swindlin...
Trump Taj Mahal Associates LLC has agreed to a $10 million civil penalty assessed by the US Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. The parent company of the struggling Atlantic City, New Je...