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2 April, 2026

Trump Administration Sues Three States Over Prediction Markets - The three lawsuits filed on Thursday on behalf of the Commodity Future Trading Commission ask federal courts to declare that states have no business regulating these kinds of financial markets.

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Regional Gambling News

Firm Launches Probe Into Lodge Card Club Layoffs

Thursday April 2, 2026 (8:30 pm EDT)

(Florida) - Florida’s Illegal Gambling Crackdown Nets $14.4 Million in Cash Seizures This Year - The Florida Gaming Control Commission has confiscated more than $14.4 million in currency and approximately 6,700 unlawful slot machines in 2025, surpassing last year’s total cash seizures by over 100%. This includes the latest crackdown earlier this week in Sarasota where police confiscated 66 slot machines at the Spin 24/7 Social Club. They also detained two individuals working there. One of the more high profile cases include former Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez, who faces charges related to a $21.6 million unlawful gambling operation, attended a March 31 court hearing regarding potential attorney conflicts.
(Texas) - Firm Launches Investigation Into Austin Area Lodge Card Club Mass Layoffs - Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading class action law firm, is investigating Tempus Holding Inc. dba The Lodge Card Club regarding its recent potential mass layoff in Round Rock, Texas. The WARN Act is a federal law that requires certain employers to notify their employees, in writing, at least 60 days before a plant closing or mass layoff takes effect. As a result, we believe The Lodge Card Club employees may be entitled to 60 days of severance pay and benefits. 144 employees were reportedly advised they would be laid off.

Prediction Markets

Trump Administration Sues Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona Over Prediction Markets

Thursday April 2, 2026 (7:52 pm EDT)

The Trump administration on Thursday filed lawsuits against three states, claiming prediction markets should be permitted under the oversight of the federal government.

Those three states include Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona.

All three have taken action to prevent the likes of Kalshi and Polymarket from conducting business in those states.

The three lawsuits filed on Thursday on behalf of the Commodity Future Trading Commission ask federal courts to declare that states have no business regulating these kinds of financial markets.

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Online Cyberscam Suspect Arrested in Cambodia is Extradited to China

Wednesday April 1, 2026 (9:13 pm EDT)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A businessman with alleged links to a multi-billion dollar online scam operation has been extradited from Cambodia to China, according to state agencies.

Li Xiong, a Chinese-Cambodian citizen who is a former chairman of the Huione Group, was arrested in Cambodia by a joint task force following an investigation over several months, according to the Interior Ministry.

Li is suspected of involvement in offenses including operating gambling dens, fraud, unlawful business operations and concealing and disguising the proceeds of crime, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported, citing Beijing’s Ministry of Public Security.

He is believed to be a high-ranking member of a criminal syndicate led by Chen Zhi, the founder of business and banking conglomerate Prince Holding Group, who is accused of running an online scam operation. Chen was extradited in January. Both men had their Cambodian national status canceled before bring sent to China. Their legitimate enterprises have denied any wrongdoing.

U.S. prosecutors in October unveiled conspiracy charges against Chen, alleging he masterminded a multinational fraud network using his other businesses to launder its profits. Chen had claimed he received $30 million a day from the scams, according to the U.S. indictment.

Cybercrime has flourished in Southeast Asia in recent years, particularly in Cambodia and Myanmar, with illegal operations making huge profits from victims around the world, according to United Nations experts and other analysts.

The illicit industry is closely involved in human trafficking, with foreign nationals employed to run romance and cryptocurrency scams, often after being recruited with false job offers and then forced to work in conditions of near-slavery.

The Huione Group has been accused by the U.S. Treasury Department of laundering billions of dollars for transnational criminal organizations, including North Korean hackers and Southeast Asian scam networks. It designated Huione a “primary money-laundering concern,” restricting any connections to the American financial system and prohibiting U.S. financial institutions from handling its business.

The group’s digital banking arm, Huione Pay, had its license revoked by the National Bank of Cambodia due to noncompliance and its role in an “illicit online marketplace” that facilitated billions in criminal transactions.”

Cambodian lawmakers on Monday adopted legislation targeting online scam operations with up to life in prison after the government pledged to shut them down by the end of April.

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