Deputy city council speaker Chiu Fang-chin of Chiayi, southern Taiwan, andhis wife Chen Chiu-kuei were allegedly engaged in operating a multinationalonline gambling Web site in cooperation with other people, prosecutors saidyesterday. Chiu was released after being interrogated by prosecutors on hisalleged role in the case, due mainly to the Chiayi City Council still havinga session. […]
All 23 people charged with offences relating to an illegal gambling den atSenegal’s consulate in Singapore have posted bail and are scheduled toreturn to court, news reports said on Saturday. The five people accused ofassisting in managing the consulate’s premises as a gambling house eachposted 20,000 Singapore dollars (19,600 US dollars) bail on Friday and […]
In a bold and industry-leading move, domain name aftermarket Afternic hasdecided to stop brokering adult, gambling, violence, and other vice domains.This is just the latest in series of actions that have limited the value ofadult and gambling domains. Most major advertising feeds don’t support theseindustries, and last month internet gambling took a hit in the […]
The Football Association (FA) is to investigate allegations made by a formerbookmaker that several Premiership managers have placed bets on top-flightfixtures. It is understood that a former employee of the offshore bookmakersVictor Chandler made the accusations about four managers, one of whose betstotaled 12 million pounds in one year. Various claims were also made aboutthe […]
It was called “Operation Rotten Apple,” and New York City police andprosecutors said today that there was indeed something rotten – in the formof a mob-run sports betting operation – in the Big Apple’s wholesale producemarket at Hunts Point in the Bronx. The operation uncovered a relativelymodest gambling ring generating about $200,000 a year in […]
One of the biggest Internet gambling companies in the world has decided toleave the United States market. BetOnSports has settled a federal civillawsuit filed in St. Louis by promising refunds to customers and cooperationin a separate criminal case. BetOnSports will ban accepting United Statesbets through all of its Web sites and telephone numbers. The company […]
Three days after the Ohio Investigative Unit issued a moratorium tellingliquor permit holders to remove their Tic Tac Fruit machines from theirpremises by Saturday, a Franklin County Judge granted a restraining orderagainst the Ohio Department of Public Safety that prevents the unit fromseizing the gambling machines until the issue is considered in FranklinCounty Common Pleas […]
The commander of the Bowling Green Veterans of Foreign Wars Post and hisgirlfriend have been charged federally with arson and running an illegalgambling business. Donald Mudd, 65, and Martha Towe, 53, both of 600 FairwaySt., also are accused of money laundering, illegal structuring of monetarytransactions and mail fraud. The couple was indicted Wednesday by a […]
U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway reached a settlement Thursday with onlinegambling company BetOnSports PLC which permanently bars the London-basedcompany from accepting any bets from the United States. The settlement endsa massive civil case Hanaway filed this summer. The settlement also requiresBetOnSports to open a toll-free telephone service to inform bettors how theycan reclaim wagers pending before […]
The commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1298 has been indicted on anarson charge for allegedly setting a fire in August that destroyed theBowling Green building where the group met. Donald Mudd also was indicted ongambling charges, according to a news release issued by the Kentucky Officeof Charitable Gaming. Martha Towe, who allegedly helped […]
Fort Wayne and Indiana State Excise Police confiscated parts of CherryMaster video gambling machines from a Fort Wayne strip mall late Thursday.Fort Wayne police Sgt. Mark Walters said police received an anonymous tipthat a wanted fugitive from Huntington County was gambling at the strip malloff East State Boulevard, east of Maplecrest Road. The caller told […]
Betonsports PLC, a U.K. Internet gambling firm under indictment and thesubject of a U.S. government lawsuit, agreed to cease operations in the U.S.to settle the civil litigation. U.S. District Judge Carol Jackson in St.Louis federal court Thursday approved the accord banning Betonsports. Thecompany and 11 people, including founder Gary Kaplan and former ChiefExecutive Officer David […]
Online gamblers miffed at recent federal legislation that seeks to blockInternet gambling were cheering after Representative Jim Leach, R-Iowa, thesponsor of the anti-gaming legislation, was defeated in this week’selection. “A victory for Internet gambling as Jim Leach gets voted out,”crowed Gambling911, a pro-gambling Web site, for instance. Leach had servedfor 30 years as a congressman […]
State officials have decided not to enforce new rules prohibiting the use ofpaid workers at any gambling fundraisers by charities until after theupcoming legislative session. Some charity groups are protesting the newregulations adopted Thursday by the Indiana Gaming Commission, saying therules could make it impossible for them to organize any gambling events. Thenew rule, however, […]