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Bookmaker Reports $420k in Suspicious Bitcoin Bets, Focus on Xhaka Yellow Card
At least $420,000 was placed on an Arsenal player receiving a yellow card in the last ten minutes of a game earlier this season via a single bookmaker, according to a report from The Athletic....
Hard Rock Tampa: ISIS Acolyte Ruled Unfit for Trial in Mass Shooting Plot
A Florida terror suspect whose alleged list of targets for a mass-casualty shooting included the Hard Rock Tampa in Florida has been ruled incompetent to stand trial, local CBS affiliate Tampa Bay 10 reports. Muhammed...
Man Dies After Struggle with Seven Mile Casino Security
Police are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man who lost consciousness during a struggle with security at Seven Mile Casino, a card club in Chula Vista, Calif. Authorities say the man stopped breathing after...
Resorts World Fraudster Called Out By ‘Robin Hood 702’, Results In His Stalking, Arrest
Professional gambler and Las Vegas persona “Robin Hood 702” claims he has been harassed and stalked by a former video games executive. The latter pleaded guilty to bilking $1.3 million from investors in a bogus...
French Soccer’s Bordeaux Boots Jersey Sponsor Winamax for Mocking Team on Twitter
French soccer team Girondins de Bordeaux has parted company with its jersey sponsor, online poker and sports betting company Winamax, barely six months into the deal. It seems Winamax and the top brass at Bordeaux...
‘Suncity Exec’ Gets Prison Time for Refusing to Answer Police Questions
A woman arrested in November as part of Macau’s Suncity investigation has been suspended and sentenced to nine months in prison for refusing to cooperate with authorities. In a statement Monday, Macau’s judiciary police said...
Sumo Wrestlers Jettisoned After Illegal Gambling Probe
Two Japanese sumo wrestlers have been sidelined from the sport for their alleged involvement in illegal gambling. The Japanese Sumo Association’s (JSA) compliance committee confirmed this week that elite makuuchi division wrestler Hidenoumi and second-tier juryo-division wrestler Shiden...
Valve Corp. Repels Final CS:GO Skins Gambling Lawsuit
A federal judge in Washington State has dumped a longstanding lawsuit against Valve Corp, which claimed the video games publisher enabled kids to gamble using “skins.” This is the last of several lawsuits that was...
Malta Casino Owner Charged with Murder Wants Witness Prosecuted for Perjury
A Maltese casino owner awaiting trial for the murder the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia wants the man who put him in the dock to be prosecuted for perjury. Yorgen Fenech is accused of ordering Caruana...
Macau Casino Stocks Surge With News On License Renewals
Macau’s next regulatory regime will include six concessions, or licenses, with the tenure of those licenses halved from 20 years to a decade, the gambling hub’s Executive Council said Friday. The long-awaited clarification on forthcoming...
