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Canadian Police Believe a Single Suspect Laundered $4 Million Through Ontario Casinos
A Canadian man is accused of money laundering amounting to $4 million (US $2.9 million) at multiple Ontario casinos. According to court documents, Branavan Kanapahipillai made a series of buy-ins and withdrawals over the past few years without recording any significant gambling activity. His attempt to buy $100,000 in chips at a Niagara Fallsview casino […]
Detroit Cannabis Casino Set to Expand to More Michigan Locations
The Reef, one of Detroit’s first cannabis dispensaries, is marketing itself as the city’s first “cannabis casino.” It may well be the first such mashup anywhere in the country. The company says the promotion doesn’t count as gambling because players don’t have to pay to enter. However, the concept hasn’t been tested in court, and […]
Pulsz Owner Yellow Social Interactive Invokes Class Action Waiver in Response to Demands for Arbitration
Yellow Social Interactive (YSI) has told federal judges in Delaware that if its users feel they deserve compensation, they’ll have to seek it one by one. The owner of Pulsz casino promo code is invoking a class action waiver clause in its terms of use in response to demands for arbitration. Christopher Ebersole of Ohio and Ashley […]
Appeals Court Upholds AGLC Authority Over Online Gambling Site, PlayAlberta
Alberta’s top court has ruled the Alberta Gaming, Liquor, and Cannabis Commission (AGLC) had the right to establish its online gambling site PlayAlberta, despite a First Nations challenge. The three-member Alberta appeals court panel dismissed the case, upholding a 2022 lower-court decision that sided with the province. Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations first challenged […]
Battle Over $40 Million Seized in Failed Ontario Gambling Ring Bust Begins
Ontario is embroiled in a legal battle over control of $40 million seized from an alleged illegal gambling ring. Although prosecutors failed to obtain any significant criminal convictions from Project Hobart, the province’s Civil Remedies Act allows the government the possibility of holding on to the proceeds from the suspected crimes. Project Hobart was a two-year […]
Judge Dismisses MGM Resorts ‘Pocket Change’ Class Action Over Jurisdiction
A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against MGM Resorts on behalf of players the lead plaintiff claims were short-changed. The suit alleged MGM’s “no-change policy” effectively taxed casino slots players who failed to cash out coin vouchers. However, Judge Halil Suleyman Ozerden of Mississippi dismissed the case, ruling the court has […]
Nate Silver Sued Over Live-Streamed Poker at The Lodge
FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver faces a Texas lawsuit filed by an Illinois attorney over playing poker in private Texas cardrooms. Silver played professional online poker for years before gaining recognition for his political predictions and sports commentary. More recently, he appeared on live stream playing at poker pro Doug Polk’s Texas card room, The Lodge. Silver lives in […]
The Calm Before the Storm: New BIA Rules Likely to Face a Challenge
The gaming industry is waiting nervously to see if the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) goes through with proposed changes to the rules governing tribal-state compacts under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA). The public comment period for the rules closed on March 1, 2023. Since then, the BIA has remained silent on its plans […]
Lottery.com Faces New Lawsuit From Former Tinbu Owners as Company’s Problems Deepen
Beleaguered Lottery.com is facing yet another lawsuit, this time from the founders of one of its subsidiaries. Plaintiffs John Brier and Bin Tu sold their company TinBu to Lottery.com in 2018. They accuse the company of failing to deliver the agreed-upon compensation worth over $10 million. The suit alleges that in 2018, the plaintiffs reached a written […]
Connecticut Police Bust Evolution Online Blackjack Dealer for Cheating
A blackjack dealer working at Evolution’s live dealer studio in Connecticut was arrested late last week for cheating. Sebastian Echeverri, 23, exploited his role as a shuffler to place winning bets through DraftKings Casino accounts he controlled. Complaints by a fellow dealer led to an investigation by the state gaming regulator, which then contacted the police. Echeverri is alleged to have defrauded DraftKings […]
