Ex-Goldman Banker Blew $4 million of Investor Funds on Internet Gambling and Crypto

Plus Gambling.com Group second quarter 2025 earnings beat expectations and a man found asleep at Vegas casino slot machine charged with DUI after striking police car. 

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College Basketball Point Shaving Probe Heading for Indictments

Federal investigators from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania have advanced their probe of point shaving and game fixing in college basketball,

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Top Trending Gambling News: Crypto Gambling CEO Charged

Richard Kim, a former executive at JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, told the FBI he knew he “was clearly wrong from the beginning" at the time of his arrest. 

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Influencer Emilie Kiser's Husband Allegedly Placed a $25 NBA Bet Before 3-year-Old Son's Fatal Drowning

Brady Kiser will not face charges in his son's May drowning because there is "no reasonable likelihood of conviction," officials said last month.

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Gambling Mogul Suspected in Murders of at Least 34 Bettors

108 individuals still remain unaccounted for as families of missing men file criminal complaints against Charlie “Atong” Ang.

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Top Trending Gambling News: Fans Risk Losing Investment in Emmanuel Clase Due to Gambling Probe

With Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase under investigation for baseball betting, fans that bet a combined $315,000 on him could be at risk of losing some or all of that investment.

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Color of Next Dildo Thrown on WNBA Court Payout Odds as Person of Interest Arrested

Black/brown is favored as green is not anticipated for a third time by oddsmakers. 

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NYC Mass Shooter Reportedly Caught Counting Cards at Westgate Days Prior

Shane Tamura, 27, sprayed the skyscraper’s lobby with bullets killing three people, then shot another person in a 33rd-floor office on Monday before he killed himself.

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Shooter was Targeting NFL Offices, NYC Mayor Says

Shane Tamura had driven his car from Nevada to New York City in recent days.  He was attempting to access the NFL offices after shooting several people in the building's lobby but accidentally entered the wrong set of elevator banks.

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Top Trending Gambling News July 29: BetMGM Stronger Than Expected 2025 2nd Quarter

Plus one of the victims in Monday's shooting at a popular Reno, Nevada casino has now been identified.

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Top Trending Gambling News July 28: Update on Reno Casino Shooting, Five Dead at Office Building Housing NFL

Updates on the Reno casino shooting and a gunman kills a number of people at an office building in New York City that housed the NFL as well as the latest on the Guardians’ trade deadline plans complicated by Emmanuel Clase gambling investigation.

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Top Trending Gambling News July 28: Prime Sports Finally Enters Kentucky, Reno Casino Shooter in Custody

Multiple people reported injured in Reno casino shooting.  In other developing news, Cleveland Guardians star Emmanuel Clase placed on leave as MLB conducts a gambling probe. 

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Top Trending Gambling News July 28: Is Vegas in Trouble? Police-Involved Shooting at Casino

Here we look at some serious concerns in Vegas as a downturn appears to be taking place in the economy, plus the latest on a police-involved shooting at a Reno casino.

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Ghislaine Maxwell Released From Government Custody This Year Payout Odds at Nearly 5-1

Contrary to some reports that Ghislaine Maxwell will be released from prison in 2025, the gambling public believes otherwise. 

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Nine Men Indicted in Missouri Gambling Ring Worth Over $9.5M

The U.S. Attorney’s Office, in partnership with the Springfield Police Department (SPD) and several other law enforcement agencies, announced on Friday, July 25, the indictment of nine individuals charged as part of a multi-million-dollar illegal gambling ring operating in southwest Missouri. 

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Son Robs Florida Gambling Arcade as Mom Waits Outside in Gataway Vehicle

The Lee County Sheriff's Office charged 43-year-old Yideyla Suarez and her 22-year-old son, Jose Suarez, with the robbery.

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Top Trending Gambling News July 21: Mazi Smith, Coldplay, More

Smith's criminal trial is set to begin the last week in August as the so-called "King of Sports Betting" is accused of various ID thefts.

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'Sports Betting King' Mazi Smith Scheduled to Go on Trial August 25

Smith was charged with 14 counts of forgery and could be looking at years behind bars. 

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Epstein Betting Markets Continue to Get Hot

Heading into Wednesday July 16, 2025, Gambling911.com was continuing to monitor the red hot Jeffrey Epstein-related betting markets. 62,109 impressions over last 24 hours

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Woman Charged With Seducing and Blackmailing Monks Used Most of Money for Online Gambling

Police in Thailand arrested a woman Tuesday who allegedly enticed a string of Buddhist monks into sexual relationships and then pressured them into making large payments to cover up their intimacy.

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Trump Administration Ends Polymarket Investigations Without Charges

Trump Administration Ends Polymarket Investigations Without Charges

The FBI raided the home of 26-year-old Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan back in November of last year. 

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Odds of Ghislaine Maxwell Testifying in Front of Congress This Year as Republicans Block in Dead of Night

In the dead of night, Republicans almost unanimously blocked efforts to allow Congress to vote on whether the Epstein Files should be made public or not.

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Top Betting Markets July 9: Pam Bondi Out as Attorney General Odds Long Despite Epstein Outrage

Bondi only stood a 3 percent chance of exiting her role according to betting prediction market Polymarket. 

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Illinois Casinos Accused of Working With the Mob

Bally's River West casino project in the Chicago area is facing intensive scrutiny. 

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Today's Top Betting Markets July 2: P Diddy Bail Odds (Update - DENIED)

Wednesday's betting markets were focusing in on music mogul P. Diddy as a jury of his peers found him not guilty on most of the serious charges against him.  Diddy was convicted of prostitution-related offenses.  Betonline immediately released odds on whether Diddy will be let out on bail

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Hard Rock Exec Alex Pariente Reportedly Took Bookie Action, Left Markers Unpaid

Pariente is also accused of illegally holding the passports of patrons until they paid credit markers.

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Malik Beasley Subject of Federal Gambling Investigation

NBA free agent Malik Beasley is under investigation by the U.S. District Attorney’s office regarding gambling allegations tied to league games, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Sunday.

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Yoon in Jail Before August Betting Odds

Polymarket on Thursday released betting odds on whether Yoon Suk Yeol spends any time in prison.  43 percent of the early backing believes he will. 

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'Sports Betting King' Mazi Smith Charged with Fraud, Forgery?

Possession or sale of document or personal identifying information to establish false status or identity, according to one source. He's believed to be in custody since mid-May.

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Thailand Bars Cambodian Casino Tourists in Recent Crackdown on Cybercrime

Thailand’s Prime Minister announced heightened measures to crack down on cybercrime that target neighboring Cambodia, including barring travel by casino tourists and cutting internet services to Cambodian military and security agencies.

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Running in Kuala Lumpur now draws big crowds, though it started small. From scattered gatherings along park trails came something more organized - linked by habit, timing, location.