3299 stories by Philip Conneller
Bookmaker Reports $420k in Suspicious Bitcoin Bets, Focus on Xhaka Yellow Card
At least $420,000 was placed on an Arsenal player receiving a yellow card in the last ten minutes of a game earlier this season via a single bookmaker, according to a report from The Athletic. The suspicious bets prompted the operator to...
Whitey Bulger: Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit Over Gambling Kingpin Prison Death
The family of late South Boston crime boss and gambling kingpin James “Whitey” Bulger cannot claim damages from the US government over his death. A federal judge in West Virginia has tossed a complaint that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) failed...
‘Florida Voters in Charge’ Campaign Has Thousands of Fake Signatures, Officials Say
Florida election supervisors are reporting more fraudulent petitions from an LVS-backed gambling expansion ballot initiative than any ever before seen in the state. This prompted The Miami Herald, which broke the story, to question whether Florida is “in the midst of one...
Hard Rock Tampa: ISIS Acolyte Ruled Unfit for Trial in Mass Shooting Plot
A Florida terror suspect whose alleged list of targets for a mass-casualty shooting included the Hard Rock Tampa in Florida has been ruled incompetent to stand trial, local CBS affiliate Tampa Bay 10 reports. Muhammed Al-Azhari was arrested by the FBI in...
Arsenal Player Probed for Yellow-Card Match Fixing, Xhaka Incident Under Spotlight
England’s Football Association (FA) is investigating a yellow card awarded to an unnamed Arsenal player following reports of suspicious betting activity by bookmakers. That’s according to a report by The Athletic, which understands the FA is examining whether spot-fixing might have occurred...
Man Dies After Struggle with Seven Mile Casino Security
Police are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man who lost consciousness during a struggle with security at Seven Mile Casino, a card club in Chula Vista, Calif. Authorities say the man stopped breathing after engaging in a “physical altercation” with security...
Resorts World Fraudster Called Out By ‘Robin Hood 702’, Results In His Stalking, Arrest
Professional gambler and Las Vegas persona “Robin Hood 702” claims he has been harassed and stalked by a former video games executive. The latter pleaded guilty to bilking $1.3 million from investors in a bogus company. But now Hood himself is the...
French Soccer’s Bordeaux Boots Jersey Sponsor Winamax for Mocking Team on Twitter
French soccer team Girondins de Bordeaux has parted company with its jersey sponsor, online poker and sports betting company Winamax, barely six months into the deal. It seems Winamax and the top brass at Bordeaux had diverging ideas about the role a...
‘Suncity Exec’ Gets Prison Time for Refusing to Answer Police Questions
A woman arrested in November as part of Macau’s Suncity investigation has been suspended and sentenced to nine months in prison for refusing to cooperate with authorities. In a statement Monday, Macau’s judiciary police said the woman, identified only by her last...
Sumo Wrestlers Jettisoned After Illegal Gambling Probe
Two Japanese sumo wrestlers have been sidelined from the sport for their alleged involvement in illegal gambling. The Japanese Sumo Association’s (JSA) compliance committee confirmed this week that elite makuuchi division wrestler Hidenoumi and second-tier juryo-division wrestler Shiden were targeted. They are believed to have...
