iGaming Crime & Enforcement
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Ontario Hits Slot Supplier with $70K Fine After Banned Feature Ran Live for Months
The AGCO issued Booming Games (Malta) a CA$70,000 fine on 20 August 2026 for deploying a prohibited auto-play function in several slots…
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Florida Seizes 60 Illegal Slot Machines From Cape Coral Bingo Hall
The Florida Gaming Control Commission and Cape Coral Police Department have seized 60 illegal slot machines from Uptown Bingo in Cape Coral.…
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A State Casino’s Name Was Stolen to Run a $55 Million Illegal Gambling Ring
There were 58 suspects in total, one Russian suspect was included who is believed to be the leader of operations in Korea…
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Everton Forward Martin Sherif Charged Over Alleged Football Betting Breaches
Everton forward Martin Sherif has been charged with breaching Football Association betting rules after allegedly placing 61 bets on football matches between…
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41 Thai Gambling Employees Repatriated by Laos – The Pay Stubs Show How Such Schemes Function
The Lao authorities transferred 30 women and 11 men to Thai authorities in Nong Khai on 10 August following their arrest for…
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Gambling With Lives Affected By Cyberattack On Beacon CRM Platform
Gambling with Lives has confirmed that its information was compromised in a cyberattack affecting third-party CRM provider Beacon. Chair of trustees Charles…
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Gold Bars, Money and 16 Criminal Machines – The Biggest Gambling Raids in South Yorkshire
Over £110,000 in cash and gold, plus 16 illegal betting terminals, were seized from venues in Sheffield and Doncaster during raids on…
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Bristol Casino Raid: Inside the Arrest of Two Individuals for Illegal Gambling
There was an operation conducted by Police, the Gambling Commission, and SWROCU at premises at Lower College Street, Bristol on 10 July…
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Turkey’s Interior Minister Labels Illegal Betting a National Security Threat as $40bn Black Market Fuels Crypto Laundering
Turkish Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi claims that illegal gambling drains the country of $40 billion per year and has transitioned from being…
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Italian Authorities Shut Down Illegal Betting Centres in Sicily as Reform Stalemate Deepens
ADM and Guardia di Finanza inspected 14 venues across Agrigento, shutting two illegal betting centres and imposing fines exceeding €20,000. Seized terminals…
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Trump’s Teleprompter Man Was Betting on the President’s Words While Setting Up His Script
Teleprompter operator for Mr. Trump since 2016, Gabriel Perez, is negotiating his settlement with CFTC after earning over $100,000 from Trump's speeches…
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Brazil’s Child Court Shut Down Three Betting Platforms, and Getting Them Back Won’t Be Simple
Meta Title Brazil Shuts Down 3 Betting Sites Over Child Safety Rules Key Points On 14 July 2026, the Childhood and Youth…
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Indonesia Orders Banks to Freeze 36,191 Gambling-Linked Accounts as Crackdown Targets Money, Not Just Websites
The Financial Services Authority in Indonesia instructed banks on 7 July 2026 to freeze 36,191 accounts used to facilitate illegal online gambling,…
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FBI Charges Former College Basketball Guard Kerr Kriisa Over $2.2M Wire Fraud Case
Kerr Kriisa was arrested by the FBI on 3 July 2026 and indicted on five wire fraud counts tied to a $2.2…
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Two Fugitives, One Gulf Arrest, Twelve Years in the Making
One suspect allegedly ran a $3.14 billion illegal gambling platform from the Philippines, Malaysia, and Cambodia, evading South Korean authorities for 12…
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Ontario Regulator Fines Great Canadian C$120,000 Over Casino Software Breaches
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario has imposed C$120,000 (US$84,328) in monetary penalties on Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) after identifying multiple…
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The National Assembly of Azerbaijan Has No More Patience for Illegal Online Gambling
The Azerbaijan National Assembly adopted the first reading of a law on 30 June 2026 where the punishment of gambling will be…
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$3.1 Million Stolen in Polymarket Supply-Chain Attack Amid Growing Scrutiny
Attackers planted malicious code via a compromised third-party vendor, pulling roughly $3.1 million in PUSD from at least 11 wallets and converting…
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Former Tory MP Admits To Placing Bets With Confidential Election Information
Former Tory MP Admits To Placing Bets With Confidential Election Information Former Conservative MP Craig Williams and former Conservative Party staffer Amy…
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Bangladesh Killed Off a Victorian Gambling Law. What Came Next Is Far Less Forgiving
The Public Gambling Act, 1867 of Bangladesh has been revoked, and a new law has been enacted which applies not only to…
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