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Spain Women’s Soccer Head Coach Fired After World Cup Win Kiss
Jorge Vilda, head coach of Spain’s Women’s World Cup-winning soccer team, was fired Tuesday by the country’s soccer governing body, RFEF. Vilda was fired after a controversial nonconsensual kiss between RFEF president Luis and forward Jenni Hermoso. Hermoso later stated the action...
Ex-New York Pol in Eye of Gambling Storm Pens Children’s Book
Embattled ex-New York City councilmember Eric Ulrich has written a children’s book while he awaits the unsealing of a probable criminal indictment against him. Ulrich resigned from his position as Department of Buildings commissioner on November 3, 2022, two days after the...
L.A. Deputy Accused of Robbing Poker Player Sees Case Dropped
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office will not prosecute an L.A. County deputy alleged to have stolen $500 in poker chips from an unnamed professional player, The L.A. Times reports. The player in question initially reported the incident, but later withdrew his...
RICO Suit Vs. Missouri Gray Market Gaming Outfit Won’t Stick, Says Judge
A RICO case brought against a gray-market gaming machine company in Missouri failed because losing money at gambling can be avoided by just “not playing,” a federal judge has determined. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes dismissed the case against Torch Electronics last...
Gambling Addiction ‘Doesn’t Justify’ $300K Theft by Arkansas Grandma Bank Teller
A bank teller who stole $300k from the Premier Bank of Arkansas (PBA) was told her gambling addiction and mental health problems only partially excused her actions. She was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette...
LVS Casino Petition Sees Florida Woman Charged with Election Fraud
An Ocala, Fla. woman has been arrested and charged with election fraud relating to the 2021 Las Vegas Sands Corp ballot campaign to allow limited casino gaming in the state. Maria Guadalupe Bautista, 24, is facing 16 counts of fraudulent use of...
Mashpee Resurrects Embattled First Light Casino Project
Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe has said it's “ready to proceed” with an interim economic development project. The Tribe believes it will provide a “financially solid pathway” to realizing its derailed First Light Casino. In a letter to the City Council of Taunton,...
Former Wells Fargo Advisor Who Stole $626K for Gambling Imprisoned
A former Wells Fargo investment advisor from Union County, N.J., has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison after admitting to bilking five clients out of $626,478. Mario E. Rivero Jr., 39, used the money for casino gambling and...
Harvey’s Casino Bombing Revisited in ‘Bringing Down the House’ Documentary
A new documentary is examining a decades-old bombing plot. On Aug. 27, 1980, two men disguised as photocopier installers delivered a booby-trapped bomb to Harvey’s Resort Hotel Stateline, Nev., on the shore of Lake Tahoe. The plotters told the FBI that the...
Galaxy Macau Flooded with Fake Chips, Two Arrested
Authorities in Macau have arrested two Chinese nationals who are suspected of flooding Galaxy Macau Casino with bogus chips. At least six others are being sought in the scam, which is believed to have cost the casino at least HK$5.6 million (US$700K) on...
