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DraftKings, FanDuel Pour $20M+ Into Nebraska Mobile Betting Ballot Drive
Sportsbook giants DraftKings and FanDuel have pumped nearly $10.4 million each into a campaign to legalize mobile sports betting in Nebraska, as voters head to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Tom Osborne, the former...
Ballon d’Or Organizers Alert Police Over Suspicious $200K Insider Betting Profits
Organizers of soccer’s Ballon d’Or awards are preparing a criminal complaint after a cluster of anonymous prediction-market accounts reportedly made nearly $200,000 by betting on the precise finishing order of the world’s top players. Harry...
Armed Crew Smashes Chicago Gambling Machines, Flees at 100 MPH With $13,000
Four Chicago men are accused of smashing their way into a suburban gambling café and stealing nearly $14,000 from video gaming machines, before leading police on a chase that reached speeds of over 100 mph....
Elderly Gambling Ring Accused of Drugging Golfer to Win $52K in Bets
Three elderly South Korean gamblers allegedly spiked an opponent's coffee with sleeping pills to sabotage his game, netting 75 million won (about $52,000) after he collapsed into a losing streak, police said Sunday (Nov. 1)....
Online Poker Cheating Scheme May Have Cost Players Up to $4M
High-stakes online poker players may have lost as much as $4 million to a cheater who secretly viewed opponents’ hole cards, according to a new investigation that has raised questions about at least one operator’s...
Mom Accused of Abandoning Daughter at Truck Stop, Then Leaving Sons Outside Casino
A Missouri mother accused of abandoning her four-year-old daughter at a truck stop in the middle of the night allegedly went to a casino, where she left her two young sons unattended in her vehicle...
Polymarket Hack Drains Estimated $2.7M From Hundreds of Traders
Hackers siphoned roughly $2.7 million from over 700 Polymarket accounts on Thursday (Oct. 29) via a compromised third-party script, triggering a brief platform shutdown and a pledge to reimburse all victims. Polymarket restricted trading for...
Canadian Gambler Fights 888 Over $1 Million Jackpot Glitch
A Canadian gambler’s C$1.3 million (US$950,000) online slot jackpot vanished in an instant—and seven months later, he’s still locked in a bitter dispute with 888casino to get it back. James Kotylak was playing Pragmatic Play’s...
Italian Mafia Betting Hub Seized as Police Uncover Alleged Crime Boss’s Double Life
To tax authorities, Tobia Parisi was a modest farm hand. To Italian anti-mafia police, the 45-year-old was the owner of a luxury apartment, a car dealership, a villa that harbored a fugitive mafia boss, and...
$750M North Fork Mono Casino Opens Under Cloud of Ongoing Lawsuit
California’s $750 million North Fork Mono Casino has officially opened, pushing ahead with operations even as a federal lawsuit from a rival tribe seeks to shutter the property. North Fork Mono Casino signage was loudly...
