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World Cup Man-of-the-Match Betting Markets Scrapped Over Fixing Fears
Sportsbooks have pulled World Cup “man of the match” betting markets amid concerns that nefarious social media handicappers are directing their followers to manipulate results, The Daily Mail (DM) has discovered. The move follows a...
Kahnawake Mohawks Sue Ontario Over ‘Unconstitutional’ iGaming Market
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) is suing the Ontario government in a bid to challenge the legality and constitutionality of its new online gaming market. The Mohawks of Kahnawake were early adopters of online...
Grand Villa Casino Worker Stole Chips to Help Dying Brother, Spared Prison
A former employee of the Grand Villa Casino in Burnaby, Metro Vancouver, fired for palming thousands of dollars’ worth of chips off of gaming tables, has been spared prison. That’s after the Vancouver provincial court...
Detained Hong Kong Influencers Face Up to Seven Years for Gambling Promos
The issue of social media influencers promoting gambling has grabbed headlines this year, and even sparked a ban on Twitch. But in Hong Kong, it can get you up to seven years in prison. Between...
River Rock Casino Loan Shark Killer Gets Life Sentence Reduced
Last week, a British Columbia gambler sentenced to life in 2009 for the murder of a woman working as an illegal loan shark saw his sentence commuted. A jury of the BC Supreme Court in...
World Cup Betting: Whose Stock is Rising After First Round of Games?
Brazil’s win against Serbia in Qatar on Thursday night brought the first round of World Cup games to a close. So which teams saw their stock rocket in the first week like an unstoppable Saudi...
FIFA Threatened ‘Massive Sporting Sanctions’ in Row Over LGBT Armbands
FIFA threatened the England soccer team with “massive sporting sanctions” ahead of its opening game against Iran on Monday if any of its players wore "OneLove" armbands, as planned. Seven soccer federations, from England, Wales,...
FTX Lawyer Was Key Figure in Notorious UltimateBet Poker Cheating Scandal
The chief regulatory officer of disgraced crypto exchange FTX, Dan Friedberg, has history. The Seattle Wash.-based lawyer was a key figure in one of poker’s most notorious cheating scandals. FTX, formerly one of the world’s...
Ex-Decathlete Sentenced for $45.2M Cannabis Ponzi Scheme Spent $8M in Casinos
A former UCLA decathlete who later represented the Philippines at track and field events has been sentenced to 17.5 years in a federal prison for fraud. American Philippine citizen David Bunevacz, 53, of Calabasas, Calif.,...
Texas Poker Rooms Threatened by Bill to Amend Legal Code on Gambling
A bill filed in the Texas legislature would close an alleged loophole in the state’s penal code that has spawned a thriving poker club scene in cities throughout the state. State Rep. Gene Wu (D-Houston)...
