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Sacramento beauty queen admits $10M investment fraud funding gambling and trips
A Sacramento beauty queen who admitted running a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme also used a portion of the stolen money…
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Federal crackdown targets 18th Street gambling and drug network at MacArthur Park
Federal authorities arrested 12 alleged members and associates of the 18th Street gang Thursday (March 5), saying the group ran…
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Ohio gambling expansion raises consumer protection concerns after troubling safety scorecard
Ohio’s online gambling market may be booming, but a new national scorecard suggests consumer protections are lagging behind the industry’s…
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From Trading Places to war markets: how insider trading slipped into prediction platforms
In the 1983 film Trading Places, two wealthy brothers set out to rig the commodities market by getting their hands…
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Democratic senators question CFTC staffing cuts in Chicago enforcement office
Five Democratic senators are demanding clarity from the nation’s top derivatives regulator after learning that its Chicago enforcement team may…
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Dabble expands into Colorado as social fantasy sports footprint keeps growing
Dabble is pushing further into the United States, adding Colorado to its growing list of live markets. The Austin-based daily…
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Hitchcock Mayor arrested after sweeping gambling investigation targets City Hall operations
A massive illegal gambling crackdown in Hitchcock, Texas, has resulted in 33 arrests, the seizure of hundreds of gaming machines,…
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Novig raises $75M to expand federally regulated sports exchange
Novig has pulled in $75 million in fresh funding as it works to grow its sports trading platform and secure…
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Jamaican man faces federal charges in sweepstakes elder fraud case in Connecticut
Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old Jamaican citizen is now facing serious charges in Connecticut over what they describe as a…
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Ontario regulator moves to suspend PointsBet over major NBA betting failures
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) is seeking to sideline sports betting operator PointsBet Canada for five days,…
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