138 stories by Cort Smith
Million Dollar Casino Fraud: Loto-Quebec Scammed Out of Massive Sum, Kept Quiet for Months
Loto Quebec is investigating a scam which saw it defrauded out of $1 million dollars, information that the province’s government-run gaming outlet kept under wraps for months. The report from Le Journal de Montreal is calling it “possibly the largest scam known...
Cincinnati Scam Artist Jerry Hinkle Collects $100K in Donations for Kids, Blows it on Drugs and Gambling
A Cincinnati man is accused of using a children’s charity as a front to collect $100,000 in donations, money he went on to use for drugs and gambling, according to court records. Jerry Hinkle has been charged with one count each of...
Seton Hall University Study on TV Sports Viewership Shows Massive Infusion Likely from Legal Sports Betting
As if the US wasn’t sports-crazy enough, TV ratings for sporting events could soar even higher thanks to the emergence of legalized betting, according to the results of a new poll by Seton Hall University. The new survey by Seton Hall Sports...
New US Sports Betting Integrity Body SWIMA Aims to Halt Match Fixing
Stakeholders large and small have banded together across the sports betting industry to create the first-ever integrity body specific to sports wagering in the US. MGM Resorts International and Caesars Entertainment are the biggest names involved in the Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring...
Canadian Parliamentarian Raj Grewal Resigns, PM Justin Trudeau Cites Millions Gambling as Reason
Canadian Member of Parliament (MP) Raj Grewal has stepped down from his high-ranking post, alluding to life-impacting issues without personally acknowledging a gambling problem that's thrown him into significant debt. Grewal -- a Liberal Party MP who was nominated to run again...
Vancouver’s Parq Casino Has Lost $108 Million in 2018, Owners Blame New Anti-Crime Regulations
It’s rare for a casino in a large and well established gaming market to be bleeding so much money, but that appears to be what’s happening at the brand new Parq Casino in Vancouver. The luxury hotel and casino in the downtown...
Bookmaker Suspects Inside Knowledge, Pulls Wagers After a Flurry of Bets that Royal Couple is Having Twins
A whirlwind of wagers has forced a major British bookmaker to suspend all activity a on a baby bet involving a royal couple. Bookmakers have been taking bets ever since Prince Harry and his wife, American Meghan Markle, announced in October they...
Long Opposed to Gambling, Virginia Introduces Two New Sports Betting Bills
Virginia has long been opposed to all forms of gambling, but it seems the state suddenly wants in on the action. Lawmakers there introduced not one, but two new bills this week aimed at bringing sports betting to its 8.5 million citizens...
UK Shipping Empire Brought Down by Essex Man, Bilked Company for $4.8 Million to Bankroll Gambling Habit
A British employee who stole millions from a Basildon-based family-run company to fuel his own gambling has been sentenced to six years for his “selfish, calculated and devious” actions. Those were the words of Detective Constable Angie Coxon of the UK's Essex Police...
Canadian Sports Betting Laws ‘Mind Boggling,’ in Need of Change Say Politicians and Union Leaders
Politicians and union leaders are the latest to make a push to finally legalize single-game sports betting in Canada. David Cassidy, the president of the Unifor Local 444 union, confronted Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland on the topic during a meeting...
