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Bodycam Shows Florida Deputies Stumbling Upon ‘Illegal Casino’ Years Before Sheriff’s Arrest

In late 2022, Osceola County deputies conducted a routine business check on the Eclipse Social Club in Kissimmee, Fla.—an inspection now at the center of a federal corruption probe...

Caesars Denies Exposure as FBI Probes Theft of 153 Million Driver’s License Scans

The largest known leak of North American driver’s license scans has thrust Caesars Entertainment and Circa Casino into the spotlight. Both Las Vegas casino operators appeared on th...

AGCO Fines NorthStar $100K Over Anti-Money Laundering Failures

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has issued a fine of $100,000 against NorthStar Gaming (Ontario) Inc. for allegedly failing to comply with provincial anti-money...

Casino Secrets Revealed: We Got Our Hands on a Table Games Supervisor Manual

The world of casinos is endlessly fascinating, so getting our hands on a training manual for Table Games Floor Supervisors sparked more than a little glee. The Station Casinos manu...

Macau Police Arrest 14 Over Casino Extortion Case

Macau authorities have arrested 14 people in connection with an alleged extortion operation involving casino security employees accused of collecting payments from individuals susp...

LOST VEGAS: The Casino Pioneer Whose Mob Ties Got His Mother-in-Law Killed

The Burbank Police Department still calls it “one of the most infamous crimes in the city.” It inspired two books, an Oscar‑winning Susan Hayward movie, and three executions — incl...

IRS-CI probes illegal sports gambling

The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation unit has been stepping up its enforcement efforts targeting financial crimes tied to illegal gambling.

How the Philippines missed a Korean gambling racket worth US$3.8 billion

The Philippines spent years dismantling Chinese-linked gambling compounds in dramatic, headline-grabbing raids. But all the while, and with far less scrutiny, South Korean syndicat...

Monarch Casino Black Hawk Hit with Class Action Over Dealer Pay and Tip Credit

A dealer at Monarch Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk has filed a proposed class action accusing the Colorado property of systematically underpaying tipped employees through unlawful ti...

Vegas Sportsbook Robbed by One of the Dumbest Casino Criminals Ever

Las Vegas has seen some legendary casino heists, but a newly hired sportsbook employee at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas may have broken the record … for being legendarily bad at the crim...

Bayou Bombshell: Cash Crunch Over $150M Legacy Tower Sparks Crisis at Coushatta Casino, GM Departs

The Coushatta Casino Resort in Kinder, La., is facing what a top executive at the tribal property is calling a “serious” financial situation, Casino.org has exclusively learned. Th...

Las Vegas DraftKings employee named in point-shaving probe

Samuel Silverman, 23, faces one felony count of committing a fraudulent act at a gaming establishment and another felony count of attempting or conspiring to cheat at a gambling ga...

Florida Attorney General Takes Aim At Alleged Illegal Online Casinos

Florida’s attorney general is taking aim at alleged illegal online casino operators in the Sunshine State. Attorney General James Uthmeier announced two lawsuits against the operat...

Casino operator liquidated as Chapter 11 bankruptcy ends

Station Casinos Expands Apple Pay-Funded Slots, Nothing Could Possibly Go Wrong

Station Casinos has expanded a field trial that lets guests fund video poker machines using Apple Pay and a debit card, eliminating the exhausting physical labor historically assoc...

River City Casino Worker Credited with Busting Teen Trafficking Operation

An alert employee at the River City Casino in St. Louis helped expose a self-described “pimp” who groomed a teenage girl from the age of 14 before trafficking her from a children’s...

Florida AG Sues VGW, Stake, Payment Firms in Blistering Attack on Sweepstakes Casinos

Sweepstakes casinos are a “gateway drug” to real money gambling, according to Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who filed two separate lawsuits Wednesday (August 19) against...

Atlantic City Casinos Squeezed by High Operating Costs as Profits Shrink 9.3%

Second-quarter revenues rose for Atlantic City casinos, but rising costs for labor, goods, and services eroded their bottom lines. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DG...

Costa Rica Sportsbook Operator Forfeits $25M, Avoids Prison in Tradewinds Case

A Costa Rica-based businessman who admitted running the veteran offshore sportsbook Tradewinds quietly avoided prison earlier this year and was ordered to forfeit $25 million in il...

Timor-Leste Cracks Down on Online Fraud and Illegal Gambling Networks

Timor-Leste authorities have intensified efforts against online crime, detaining 90 foreign nationals in operations targeting suspected illegal gambling and fraud activities. The a...

Italy Closes Illegal Betting Centers and Issues €20,000 Fines

Italian authorities have dismantled two illegal betting operations in Sicily following a coordinated enforcement campaign that led to equipment seizures, criminal referrals, and ad...

Thai Police Dismantle Major Online Gambling and Money-Laundering Network

Thailand’s Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) has successfully dismantled a sophisticated online gambling and money-laundering operation, resulting in the arrest of 12 individ...

The ‘Betting Coup’ Shaking Up Horse Racing

When several horses wildly outperformed the odds at tracks at Saratoga and the Jersey Shore, bookmakers in London were stung and industry watchers suspected an elaborate plot.

St Louis Drug Trafficker Gambled Away $1.5M Owed to Sinaloa Cartel, Lived to Tell the Tale

A St. Louis drug trafficker who gambled away more than $1.5 million belonging to Mexico’s notorious Sinaloa Cartel has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison. Derek Rockette,...