Celeb Gambler Gorodetsky Guilty Of Fraud
When big-time celebrity sports better and gambler Robert Gorodetsky appeared before Chicago Federal Court Judge Elaine Bucklo on February 5, his was a silhouette far removed from the grandiose persona portrayed by the one and same up to n...Read More
Two Men Arrested For Attempted Lotto Fraud
Winning the Lottery is a stroke of luck not destined to befall everyone during their lifetime. People embrace a variety of good-luck superstitions and charms in an attempt to make those winning numbers drop and some have even claimed repe...Read More
NetEnt Live Partners With Anti-Fraud Specialists
Let it not be said that NetEnt isn’t going all out on the anti-fraud front. The casino games development giant has enlisted the services of an anti-fraud expert called Live Fraud Solutions in order to protect its new...Read More
Sleight Of Hand Casino Cheat Caught In The Act
Whilst it may be true that Poker is first of all a game of skill, it certainly doesn’t mean that all odds are instantly out the window. The same goes for dealer-derivatives like High Card Flush. This may be regarded ...Read More
partypoker Ramps Up Anti-Fraud Efforts
Online Poker operator partypoker is making good on its promises of tightening the noose around the neck of fraudsters, and with renewed resolve. The operator recently confirmed having closed down a total of 277 “bot” accounts ...Read More
Identical US Lotto Numbers Raise Concerns
Could the lucky winning numbers drawn in American lotteries be less random than they seem? In dozens of games throughout the US, identical sets of winning digits have been generated within months – or even weeks – of each othe...Read More
Scratch Card Winner Accused of Fraud
56-year old Eric Walker from Sheffield is calling foul on a decision by UK Lottery organisers Camelot to not proceed with a jackpot payout to the tune of £200,000. According to Sheffield, he had legitimately managed to match three s...Read More
Loto-Quebec Scammed Out of $1m
Canadian gambling operator Loto-Quebec is reportedly investigating a scam that defrauded it out of more than $1 million dollars. Surprisingly, the province’s state-run gaming entity kept this information on the down low for months b...Read More
iGaming Fraud Solution Headed For ICE London
We’re all, each and every one of us, very much at risk of falling prey to fraudsters and their unsavoury activities, especially in the age of the Internet, when most of us leave some form of a digital footprint out there. Online cas...Read More
PokerStars and Player Agrees to Drop All Charges
If you’re going to try and have your cake and eat it too, you best make sure that on your end of the net, the court is squeaky clean. Just ask world-renowned professional Poker player, Gordon Vayo. Vayo had previously tried to take ...Read More
iGaming’s 2018 Payment Trends
The year so far has been filled with unique innovations in the iGaming sphere, many of which were highlighted by the recent SiGMA conference. The event interviewed professionals from the financial technology sector in order to gain more i...Read More
Exploring BC’s Infamous ‘Vancouver Model’
It was just days after David Eby started his new role as British Columbia’s attorney general (AG) in 2017 that local casino operators issued a warning to him. “Get ready,” they said, informing him upfront that what they ...Read More
David Baazov Accused of Fraud by Kenyan MP
A former Kenyan lawmaker has now come forward to make serious accusations of fraud against Canadian businessman and former Amaya CEO David Baazov, stating that he misappropriated millions of Kenyan shillings using NIC Bank accounts after ...Read More
US Bingo Hall Investigated for Theft
Over in the US, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division has begun an in-depth investigation at the local Roseville Bingo Hall. The probe has come as a response to allegations of embezzle...Read More
Sen. Campbell Dodges Money Laundering Questions
has recently been dubbed the ‘epicenter’ of money laundering by global organised crime groups. However, throughout its troubled years, Senator Larry Campbell has earned over $800,000 in compensation, not to m...Read More
Store Owner Sentenced for $257k Lotto Fraud
As helpful as lottery games are as a tool to help a few lucky punters win huge, they are also often a conduit for fraudulent activity. Most recently, one of Canada’s largest lotto-related fraudsters has officially been sentenced to ...Read More
UK Man Dupes Lottery Out of £2.5m
In the UK, a local British man has officially been charged with fraud after allegedly using a fake national lottery ticket to claim a sizable cash prize. The value of the jackpot in question was a whopping £2.5 million, which will n...Read More
The US’s Biggest Lottery Scam
In 2005, an innocent comment set events in motion that would eventually culminate in one of the largest lottery scams that the world has ever seen to date. American local Eddie Tipton, a Dungeons and Dragons enthusiast and employee at the...Read More
Lotto Fraud family Goes To Prison
A father, son and daughter trio who won a hefty $12.5 million on a free lottery ticket they had scammed off a customer at their variety store were officially sentenced by Canadian courts on Tuesday, September 4, 2018. The father of the f...Read More
GCGC Accused of Shredding Financial Records
The Western Canadian operator of River Rock Casino Resort was given a warning in 2017 that some of the establishment’s staff members may have violated federal financial reporting laws by allegedly shredding paper records detailing h...Read More
