3704 stories by Philip Conneller
888 Shares Plunge as CEO Walks Amid Middle East Money Laundering Probe
Shares in online gambling giant 888 Holdings plunged almost 27% in early trading Monday. That’s after the Gibraltar-based company announced CEO Itai Pazner had quit amid an internal review that found deficiencies in its anti-money laundering (AML) program. In a filing to...
North Dakota Casino Sees Mexican Gangster Arrested, Linked to Murder, Kidnapping
A Mexican national arrested by US Border Patrol Agents at North Dakota’s Sky Dancer Casino and Resort last week was charged with a double murder and a kidnapping in his home country, local Fox affiliate KVRR reports. Fidel Arenas Torres showed up...
New Mexico Tax Inspector Stole $1.2M from Public to Gamble
A former New Mexico tax investigator was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for stealing an estimated $1.2 million from state taxpayers, The Albuquerque Journal reports. George Martinez had “little to show for living a life subsidized by fraud,” Assistant US...
Loto-Québec IT Guy Sentenced for Skimming from Online Customer Accounts
A former IT guy with Quebec’s province-owned gaming operator and regulator, Loto-Québec, has been handed a one-year suspended sentence for siphoning funds from online customer accounts. Martin Raymond was convicted of fraud, breach of trust, and fraudulently using the services of a...
Ex-Mashpee Chair Imprisoned for Casino Bribes Must Pay Tribe $250K
Cedric Cromwell, the disgraced former chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag, must pay $250K in restitution to the Massachusetts-based tribe. Cromwell was sentenced to three years in prison in November for accepting kickbacks related to the tribe’s $1 billion First Light Casino project....
Poker Dealer Dodges Prison for Inside Job at Dublin’s ‘Fitz’ Card Club
A former poker dealer at the now-shuttered Fitzwilliam Card Club in Dublin, Ireland, has avoided prison for helping a robber target his ex-employer in a €50K raid. David Wright, 36, admitted informing the crook about movements of cash in and out of...
Lottery Winner Admits Stealing $1M Ticket from Cousin
A lottery winner from Houston, Texas has pleaded guilty to second-degree grand larceny after admitting to stealing the $1M winning ticket from her cousin. Iris Amador Argueta, 32, was initially given the scratch-off ticket to cash by the real winner, according to...
Alleged Poker Cheat Mike Postle Got Paid After Beau Rivage Court Order Came Too Late
Accused poker cheat Mike Postle was paid his $32,703 winnings last week for a seventh-place finish at the Million Dollar Heater at the Beau Rivage Casino in Biloxi, Miss. That's contrary to earlier reports, and despite the efforts of two poker players...
Harrah’s SoCal Rincon Tribe Breaks Free of State Gaming Oversight
The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians has become the first tribal operator in California to free itself from the regulatory oversight of the state. A spokesperson for California Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed to The San Diego Tribune that from now on, the tribe...
Donald Trump Snapped with Philly Mob Boss Joey Merlino at Florida Golf Course
Former US President Donald Trump posed for a picture with former (some say still) Philadelphia Mob boss Joey Merlino earlier this month. The image obtained by The Philadelphia Inquirer shows Trump, Merlino, and an unidentified individual flashing thumbs-ups for the camera at...
