France has gone where no other country in Europe has before and passed a law regulating influencer marketing on social media. The new law passed Thursday includes a list of what influencers can monetize and endorse online, and if it were in the US, the likes of Dave Portnoy and Kelly Stewart would have ...
Shooting Star Casino Security in Hot Water Over Violent Takedown of Troublemaker in Minnesota
in Minnesota, a security guard’s violent takedown of a troublemaker in a tribal casino has come under severe scrutiny. North Dakota media firm Valley News Live has reported on the incident in its neighboring state. The network claims it has received multiple Whistleblower Hotline messages about the Thursday night assault at The White Earth ...
Cyprus Ex-President, Soccer Body Under Fire as UEFA Confirms Match Fixing
A whistleblower’s accusation earlier this month of soccer match fixing in Cyprus that had ex-President Nicos Anastasiades denying “malicious allegations” has come home to roost, with the country’s fears confirmed by a recent email from the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) which flagged up 16 games for suspicious activity. The whistleblower, former Chairman of ...
Bolivian Tennis Umpire Banned for Six Years, Russian Player Cleared of Match-Fixing
The international tennis world has this week served up a bittersweet pair of match-fixing headline-makers, involving a score-rigging Bolivian umpire and a Russian doubles player arrested on the court. On Thursday, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) hit chair umpire Heriberto Morales Churata with a six-year ban for match-fixing, also fining him $10,000. The International ...
West Indies’ Wicketkeeper Devon Thomas Suspended, Charged for Cricket Match Fixing
Just a few months after 33-year-old Antigua and Barbuda cricketer Devon Thomas made his West Indies Test debut, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has hit the wicketkeeper with seven charges linked to fixing cricket matches. Last week, Cricket West Indies (CWI) picked Thomas for an upcoming one-day international series against the United Arab Emirates, suggesting ...
Ex-State Trooper Confesses to Tipping Off Illegal $10m Gambling Ring
Former New York State Police (NYSP) trooper Thomas J. Loewke, 51, has pleaded guilty before US District Judge David G. Larimer to tipping off members of an unlawful $10m sports gambling ring in Rochester to ongoing investigations. US Attorney Trini E. Ross announced last week that Loewke confessed to “obstruction of a state or local ...
Sands’ New York Casino Bid Under Threat as Hofstra University Suit Heading to Court
With just over six months to wait before New York hands out three lucrative casino licenses, the last thing any of the bidders needs is a lawsuit. Cue Hofstra University, firmly against the idea of a Las Vegas Sands casino near it, filing a legal challenge that according to a public docket on Thursday, ...
Wisconsin “Fraud is Fun” Teen Charged with Mass November Hacking of DraftKings
Federal prosecutors for the Department of Justice’s Southern District of New York have charged a Wisconsin teen for the mass November hacking of DraftKings Sportsbook that netted $600,000 from across 1,600 accounts. The DOJ took to Twitter to share the criminal charges against Joseph Garrison, an 18-year-old from Madison, who once boasted “fraud is fun”: Wisconsin ...
Ex-RCMP Officers Question Ontario’s Will to Address CA$372m in Suspicious Casino Transactions
Two top ex-Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers have questioned the will of Ontario’s gambling operators and state regulators to address an increase in suspicious casino transactions. The significance of the increase of 2022’s yearly total to CA$372m ($275m) is two-fold: 1) a lot of money is involved, and 2) suspicious casino transactions have climbed ...
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Ups New York’s Times Square Casino Ante With Educational Ad Campaign
Despite the New York State Gaming Commission being scheduled to award three highly prized New York casino licenses later this year at the earliest, the Times Square bid group of Caesars, SL Green, and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation are not resting on their laurels. Jay-Z’s world-famous entertainment agency Roc Nation stated it had launched the educational ...