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iGaming firms being advised to increase their anti-fraud vigilance

November 19, 2020

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Technology, Hacking, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, United Kingdom

A new independent investigation has reportedly found that the past year has seen iGaming firms experience a significant increase in account takeover fraud attempts in addition to elevated rates of payment and p...

Kazuo Okada taking son and estranged wife to court in the Philippines

Adam Morgan

May 27, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Philippines

Billionaire Japanese businessman, Kazuo Okada (pictured), has reportedly filed a lawsuit against eleven individuals in the Philippines claiming that they had illegally conspired in the process that led to him b...

Amaya CEO’s brother reportedly took part in illegal trades in seven companies

Alex Lanter

March 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Canada, Financial Fraud

Several days ago information emerged that Amaya CEO David Baazov and at least 15 other individuals were facing insider trading charges by Quebecois authorities. The latest news, however, reveal that the securit...

Casino employee’s luck runs out/nabbed for computer fraud, theft

K Morrison

February 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Casino Cheating, Gaming Industry News, Data Protection, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Financial Fraud, Louisiana

On Friday, an employee of a casino in Louisiana was arrested after allegedly defrauding a Lake Charles area casino. The Golden Nugget Casino in Lake Charles notified the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforce...

Judge slams Caesars’ attempt to hide 7 million page investigation; Redacted report to be released by end of Feb

Lars Jones

January 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Las Vegas, Casino News, Bankruptcy, Illinois, Financial Fraud, Nevada, New Jersey

Caesars Entertainment Operating Company, Inc. is looking to cut its debt load of more than $18 billion roughly in half through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. In March 2015 Judge A. Benjamin Goldgar of the U.S....

Arrests result of $46,866 theft by fraud at San Manuel Casino

K Morrison

December 1, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, California, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Financial Fraud

On Wednesday, November 25 an El Monte man was arrested on suspicion of defrauding a Bank of America customer of $46,866 at the San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland, California. A Bank of America fr...

Two casino croupiers fix roulette wheel to win £23,000

Sam Mitchell

June 10, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, World Casino News, Casino Cheating, Conspiracy, United Kingdom

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...

Trump Taj Mahal settles money laundering claims

Lars Jones

February 12, 2015

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, U.S.A., World Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Financial Fraud

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...