Deadbeat Gambler Gives Interview to Investigators Just Prior to Death From Acid Attack

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Danny Cahalane tells investigators ex wife knew he would be home the night of attack as Paris Wilson among those on trial.
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Don Lemon Arrested: And Prediction Markets Did Not Even See This One Coming

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The betting against a Don Lemon arrest in recent days followed a federal magistrate judge rejection of prosecutors’ bid last Thursday to charge Lemon related to the protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Top Trending: Chris Dudley, Tennessee Speaker, Arkansas's Prediction Market Stance, More

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The Yasiel Puig sports betting trial continues to captivate Gambling911.com readers with three of the top five search queries pertaining to the one-time Dodgers super star.
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Drug Dealer Accused of Dousing Degenerate Gambler With Acid Threatened to Burn Down Home With Children Inside

Danny Cahalane

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, a jury in the trial of ten people accused of being involved in the acid dousing death of a Plymouth, UK father-of-two heard threats made by the drug dealer who the dead man Danny Cahalane worked for.  Cahalane reportedly owed the drug boss £120,000, much of it gambled away.  A Dubai Crime boss known as “Frost” (real name Ryan Kennedy) stands at the center of the tragic case. 

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China Executes 11 Individuals Tied to Online Gambling Scam

China executes 11 tied to online gambling scam
China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said.
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Yasiel Puig Lost over $1.5 Million in Bets to Illegal LA Bookie According to IRS Agent Testimony

Yasiel Puig playing for the Dodgers
IRS Special Agent Christen Seymour told a jury Wednesday that he based his estimate of losses on $500,000 in wire transfers from Puig’s checking account that went to shell companies affiliated with the bookie.
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Connecticut Man Charged With Stolen Credit Card Scheme Tied to DraftKings Seeks Diversionary Program From Court

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An investigation by authorities by Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection Gaming Division led to an alleged scheme involving various DraftKings accounts, stolen credit card information and more than $190,000 i
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Federal Investigators Said to be Looking Into Other NBA Games as Part of Ongoing Gambling Probe

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It is not known how many games are being investigated, or if there are other NBA players who may be implicated.
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Man Doused With Acid Who Later Died Allegedly Gambled Away Monies Owed to Notorious Drug Kingpin

Acid murder trial
After being doused with acid in his own Plymouth, England home, 38-year-old Danny Cahalane revealed that he owed GBP 120,000 ($164,051) to a Dubai Crime boss.
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Top Trending: Yasiel Puig Trial Coverage, Super Bowl, More

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The trial of ex-Dodgers star Yasiel Puig is expected to wrap up this week, but defense attorneys remain unsure whether they’ll call him to testify and risk cross-examination.
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Yasiel Puig Sports Betting Trial Continues in LA After Getting Off to Bang, Then a Power Outage

Yasiel Puig trial continues
The trial of one time MLB star Yasiel Puig continued Monday. At the heart of the case is whether Puig intentionally lied to federal investigators during a January 2022 interview in regard to his ties to an illegal sports betting ring.
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Power Outage Forces Yasiel Puig Trial Move to New Courtroom

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Day 4 of the trial of Yasiel Puig went dark, literally, on Friday.
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Star Witness Claims Yasiel Puig Bet Thousands of Dollars on Tennis Matches

Yasiel Puig
The trial of former Major League Baseball player Yasiel Puig continued with Hawaiian baseball coach Donny Kadokawa testifying for a second consecutive day on Thursday.
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Key Witness Takes Stand Against Former MLB Star Yasiel Puig Accused of Placing Bets With Illegal LA Bookie

Yasiel Puig in court
Witness claims Puig amassed massive gambling debts over just a few weeks and was slow in paying.
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Top Trending: Riot Outside of Bellagio Goes Viral

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Gambling911.com saw 186,214 impressions for Sunday and, remarkably, it wasn't an NFL game that topped the chart.
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11 Arrested Outside Bellagio Following Massive Overnight Disturbance

11 Arrested Outside Bellagio Following Massive Overnight Disturbance
Las Vegas Police arrested 11 people outside the famed Bellagio Hotel and Casino during the early morning hours of Saturday January 18. One officer was hit by a thrown item but no injuries occurred. Few additional details were available as of Monday morning.
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Jeff Nadu: 'NBA Mafia Poker Scammer' Shane Hennen Among Those Indicted in Point Shaving Plot

Shane Hennen
Nadu says "I've heard through all different sources that he's been an informant for years."
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Breaking: 26 College Players Charged in Point Shaving Scheme

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Read each of the indictments here
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Bookie With Ties to Costa Rica Pleads Guilty to Running Illegal Sportsbook

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Jason Noah Feinman of Calabasas, California is accused of laundering the cash he derived from his business by exchanging the cash for checks made out to him or one of his businesses.
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Top Trending: 'Sports Betting King' Mazi Smith Returns After Time 'Away': Loved the NYT Profile

Mazi Smith
According to the Times report, the court documents indicate that Smith stood accused of possessing 14 different IDs.
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Businessman Extradited From Cambodia to China Suspected of Running Vast Online Criminal Empire

Chen Zhi marched off by police
Chen Zhi boasted of pulling in $30 million a day, prosecutors in the United States said — a suspected criminal mastermind and onetime internet cafe manager who authorities say presented himself as a legitimate businessman.
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Top Trending: John Harbaugh to Coach Which NFL Team Next Odds

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Gambling911.com saw 128,113 impressions on Tuesday, 119,396 the day before. Much of this came courtesy of that viral video showing an agitated horse being paraded through a casino.
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Woman Robs Chick-fil-a, Uses Ill-Gotten Funds to Gamble at Casino, Then Crashes Into Patrol Cars

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Kaudija Shondrelle Haynes, 32, of Birmingham, Alabama is in custody after allegedly holding up a Chick-fil-a- drive-in-employee. She is facing multiple charges.
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South Lake Tahoe Man Makes Bomb Threats Against Casino Over Gambling Losses

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Stateline was the scene of a 1980 casino bombing
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Top Trending: Panthers-Bucs Game Props, Miami Heat, Trae Young Odds and More...

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BetOnline released odds on Trae Young's next team with the Miami Heat favored. Three of the top five searches coming into Gambling911 were related to the Heat and Young.
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Betting Market: Venezuela Invasion, Latest Odds Released by BetOnline

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Betting market also opens on a Nicolas Maduro conviction.
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Insider Trading on Venezuela, Other Future Wars 'Encouraged': New Trader Makes

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Joe Pompliano, Sports + Business | Investing at Pomp Investments | Host of The Joe Pomp Show, his popular X page that a newly created Polymarket account invested over $30,000 yesterday in Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's exit.
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Drake Accused of Using Stake.us to Inflate Play Counts of His Music

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Recording artist Drake is being accused of using the online gambling platform Stake.us in order to inflate play counts of his own music.  Stake.us is the US sweepstakes version of the wildly popular Stake.com real money gambling site in Canada. 

This is a federal RICO case. 

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Indicted Surpeme Court Lawyer Names Names for First Time: Says He Won $26M in Poker vs Dan Bilzerian Rival

Tom Goldstein in front of US Supreme Court building
A once highly regarded appellate lawyer and founder/co-founder of SCOTUSblog, Tom Goldstein, claims he won more than $26 million in heads-up poker matches against a fellow poker player, Alec Gores.
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Top Gambling Industry News: New Gambling Tax Takes Effect, Man Strangled in Casino Bathroom

Man stressed out over taxes
There is still time to reverse the tax but time is now officially ticking.
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