iGaming Crime & Enforcement

Key Points Wynn’s facing a really big federal class action lawsuit over an alleged ShinyHunters breach that’s thought to have stolen over 800,000 records. The lawsuit claims that customer data wasn’t even encrypted & that the notice about the breach was pretty sketchy, and to top it all off, the company’s offer to help with […]

Key Points NZ Bans Prediction Markets: Department of Internal Affairs says Kalshi and Polymarket are illegal gambling operators without licences. TAB Monopoly: Only TAB (run by Entain) can offer legal online sports betting. Access Still Open: No geoblocking yet in NZ; Australia has already blocked Polymarket. New Zealand authorities have ruled that prediction market platforms […]

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement reported that bettors wagered approximately $126.5m on Super Bowl LX, a 25% decline from the previous year. Despite the drop, retail and mobile sportsbooks combined to generate $38.7m in revenue, reflecting a 53.6% increase year-on-year.  Operators in the Garden State paid out $87.8m in winnings to bettors, resulting […]

Federal prosecutors in Connecticut have charged two men accused of using stolen identities to extract funds from FanDuel and other regulated gambling platforms. Amitoj Kapoor and Siddharth Lillaney, both from Glastonbury, are named in an indictment alleging a multi-year conspiracy involving fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. Authorities claim the activity ran from 2021 through […]

Indonesian police have shut down a large online gambling network that was operating in many parts of the country. The National Police investigation unit, Bareskrim Polri, said the group was running gambling websites linked to foreign crime groups. The arrests followed several reports made between August and December 2025. Police said online gambling is now […]

Stake’s online gaming platform, which has been a big hit in the US, is being sucked into a new class action lawsuit, along with Canadian rapper Drake, a buddy of the brand for a long time. On 31 December, a federal class-action lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Virginia with clear claims that […]

Security forces demolish structures without authorisation and capture foreign citizens. Coordinated sweeps target criminal operations. National efforts against telecom fraud and online gambling increased across Myanmar. The government considers these crimes priority threats to regional and international communities. The Global New Light of Myanmar reported combined operation teams taking action. Security forces and administrative units conducted operations […]

Security authorities in Marrakech and the General Directorate for Territorial Surveillance carried out a successful operation on Saturday, November 15 and it led to the arrest of five foreign nationals. The suspects include four Belarusians and one French citizen. They are believed to be involved in hacking online betting applications and carrying out illegal attacks […]

Months after India banned online gambling, Nepal has seen a rapid rise in illegal online casinos and betting apps. These platforms are operating freely despite Nepal’s strict rules against gambling. Many of the apps are registered in foreign countries and are aggressively promoting themselves to Nepali users.  Their advertisements often appear on social media, featuring […]

Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Agency known as AFM has put Belarusian streamer Andrei Burim, also known as Mellstroi on the wanted list. The news appeared on the portal of legal statistics and special records of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic. The report was published by the Kazinform news agency on November 16. Burim 26, […]