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4211 stories by Philip Conneller
Lucchese Soldier Pleads Guilty Over Illegal Gambling Platform ‘Rhino Sports’
Five members and associates of the Lucchese crime family have pleaded guilty to charges related to the operation of Rhino Sports, a Brooklyn-based illegal gambling enterprise with servers based in Costa Rica. Among them is...
FIFA Won’t Punish Korean Player Accused of Match-Fixing in China
Soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, has refused to recognize the “global” life ban handed by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) to South Korean defensive midfielder Son Jun-ho for match-fixing. The defensive midfielder, who denies the...
Malta Casino Tycoon Accused of Journalist Murder Gets Bail After 5 Years
More than five years after Yorgen Fenech was intercepted by Malta’s armed forces as he attempted to flee the Mediterranean island on his yacht, the murder-suspect casino tycoon has been granted bail. Fenech, one of...
Jailed Gambling Mogul Who Built ‘World’s Strangest City’ Claims to be Abused Chinese Spy
A controversial gambling magnate arrested in Thailand in 2022 at the behest of the Chinese government is now confined to a wheelchair because of “inhumane” treatment by his Thai captors, according to his lawyer. Chinese...
‘Bonanno Cop’ Raided Genovese, Gambino Gambling Dens in Queens, Long Island
A former Long Island cop accused of working for the Bonanno crime family raided rival illegal gambling businesses operated by the Genovese and Gambino families, according to new court documents. One of the businesses targeted...
Florida Officials Want Tougher Anti-Gambling Laws
Last week, authorities in Florida announced they had shut down a vast network of illegal gambling businesses stretching across the state from West Palm Beach to Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, and Zephyrhills. Police made five...
Alaska Tribe Fast Tracks Gambling Hall Fearing Trump Veto
The Native Village of Eklutna (NVE) opened a temporary electronic bingo “casino” on its land 20 miles outside of Anchorage on Monday while it rushes to build a larger venue, the Chin’an Gaming Hall, on...
Former NBA Champion Joins Crypto Sportsbook Sportsbet.io
Cleveland Cavaliers center and former Khloé Kardashian love interest Tristan Thompson has inked a deal with crypto sports betting platform Sportsbet.io. The agreement will see the 33-year-old NBA champ become Sportsbet.io's global brand ambassador, which...
Mafia Boss Frank Cali’s ‘QAnon Killer’ Sentenced for Manslaughter, New Records Show
A QAnon conspiracy theorist from Staten Island, NY, who shot Gambino Mafia boss Frank “Frankie Boy” Cali to death in March 2019, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to an undisclosed prison term, according...
Oregon Gambler Sentenced for Stealing from Twice-Poisoned Lobbyist Dad
A Lake Oswego, Ore. man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for stealing almost $400,000 from his father, who was a prominent lobbyist in Oregon until a mysterious poisoning left...
