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.
Friday April 10, 2015 may be the day a group of California based Chukchansi Indians have been waiting for. In October 2014, the Chukchansi Gold Casino and Resort was raided by police and shut down due to a disp...
Grant Govertsen, a Union Gaming Advisors analysts, told media that Singapore’s gaming revenue is down due to the Chinese movement to end corruption. For over a year now Beijing has limited travel and sought to ...
A tribal dispute last June at the Rolling Hills Casino in Northern California has resulted in the Sheriff’s office of Tehama County earning an award for their successful efforts to keep the peace. The US Depar...
Macau and Beijing are working together to help crackdown on corruption. Macau's anti-graft agency, a part of the the Commission Against Corruption, is going to support China's central government according to ta...
Perhaps it is the Texas history of gambling with card rooms and famous players like Amarillo Slim that makes it difficult for Texans to follow the Texas ban on land casinos. Whether it is or not, there are defi...
More than 1,000 individuals have been arrested for their part in a network offering online gambling in China, according to the state news agency Xinhua. A raid on the network resulted in the massive arrests as...
Long drink lines seem to have sparked a massive brawl at Resorts World Casino New York. This Queens location had definite issues when chairs were hurled around during the opening of Fat Tuesday;. a daiquiri b...
The Silver Dollar Casino in Tobago was robbed of half a million dollars on Friday morning. The robbery was at gunpoint and occurred about 10:30am. The incident began with a woman who approached the still-locked...
The UK Gambling Commission announced a week ago that it had suspended the license for MetroPlay Limited, which also controls 666Bet. This week starts with a new turn of events. The director of 666Bet has been ...
Richard Davis made a name for himself as a prosecutor during the US Watergate scandal in the 1970's that eventually saw President Richard Nixon resign to avoid impeachment. He has also worked for Weil Gotshal a...
High profile Malaysian gambler Paul Phua Wei-seng’s fate now lies in the hands of a federal judge, in the multi-million dollar illegal betting operation case. Phua was arrested in July when FBI agents entered h...
Trump Entertainment Resorts has been fined for two incidents. The first involves underage gamblers. Inspections revealed from December 2012 to May 2014, that 22 underage gamblers were on the premises of the now...
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 ...