CANADA - More criminal incidents such as assaults, cheating and thefts took place at the Edgewater Casino in Vancouver than at any other casino or gambling centre in the province between 2005 and 2010, according to data obtained by The Vancouver Sun. The Edgewater, with annual revenues of more than $110 million and 3,000 to 5,500 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘corruption’
High level of crime at Edgewater casino
Monday, November 28th, 2011Corruption in Mexico casinos takes a toll in the US and internationally
Monday, November 28th, 2011US - Hard times have been a constant for most members of the Chippewa Indian tribe known as the Lac Vieux Desert Band. Nestled in a wooded corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the tribe owns a modest casino, a hotel and a golf course. But the complex is far off the beaten path for tourists [...]
Smart money on ‘corruption’ in Massachusetts
Monday, November 28th, 2011US - If you thought legalizing casino gambling was a political free-for-all, just wait for the soon-to-be-formed Gaming Commission to start licensing the three resort-style casinos and one slots parlor, a Vegas-based gaming expert told the Herald. “There’s so much money here, the potential for corruption is high,” said David G. Schwartz, director of the [...]
Australia to impose 10-year jail terms for match fixing
Monday, November 21st, 2011AUSTRALIA – Australia will impose tough new penalties of up to 10 years in jail for match-fixing and betting on fixed matches after a meeting of the country’s national and state law ministers Courier Mail & Dawn.
Lobbyist spent $20 million to keep casino monopoly
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011US - Convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff spent $20 million from the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi to defeat gambling expansion in Alabama because it would compete with the Choctaws’ casinos. Abramoff devotes four pages to Alabama in his book “Capitol Punishment.” He says he funneled the money from the Choctaw tribe through non-profit groups over a five-year [...]
Bosses send foreign workers to gamble
Monday, November 7th, 2011SINGAPORE - Some foreign workers are being sent to gamble at the Resorts World Sentosa casino on behalf of their employers.The Straits Times reported today that some employers hand their workers cash, notebooks and mobile phones and dispatch them to the casino. Dressed in company polo T-shirts and jeans, these ‘proxy gamblers’ try their hands at [...]
Test cricket’s first gambling victim
Monday, November 7th, 2011NEW ZEALAND - At the end of a week when cricket’s reputation was severely dented by the criminal conviction of three players who were prepared to be party to gambling on events in a game, it is easy to think that this is a modern phenomenon. And yet the England side for the first Test ever, [...]
Mafia Bookies Celebrate as Punters Avoid Legal French Sports Betting
Monday, November 7th, 2011FRANCE -Francois Jean Marie, a hardened French mafioso, could not be happier as the French government continues to drive thousands of online sports gamblers away from licensed sportsbooks. Francois, who met us for a quick chat as he was taking his prized twin poodles for a pedicure, explains. “The French government created a system where [...]
Underworld figures being planted to prey on vulnerable players to help with match fixing
Monday, November 7th, 2011INTERNATIONAL - Underworld figures are increasingly being planted in sports circuits to prey on vulnerable players and provide links to dangerous black market betting crooks. According to the world’s biggest online betting agency, international giant Betfair, the “embedding” of mafia operatives and other crooks in professional tours is one of the biggest dangers to sport’s integrity. [...]
Pakistan players are small fry in context of $500bn illegal market
Monday, November 7th, 2011UK - Reaction to the conviction of three Pakistan cricketers at Southwark crown court has focused on whether it represents a line in the sand or the tip of the iceberg. Many hope it will provide, at the least, a lasting deterrent. But such has been the darkly compelling nature of the human drama on show, [...]
