Mississippi Magician Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Defrauding Iowa Casino

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After evading authorities for seven years, Shaun Joseph Benward was located and arrested in Mississippi in April 2025, according to the Iowa Department of Public Safety.
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Born Again Former Connecticut Mobster Dead at 74

Gaetano Milano
At some point in his illustrious career, Milano would come to realize he was being targeted for elimination by Grasso. As such, he joined a plot to instead assassinate Grasso, becoming a prominent part of the team that murdered him in June of 1989.
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Top Trending: Texas Lottery, Winter Olympics, Pistons Brawl

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Our coverage of a Texas resident whose lottery scratch ticket was turned into a cool $1 million has gone viral over the last 36 hours with no sign of waning in readership. 31,920 impressions have come in for this story alone. 

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Florida Lawmakers Race to Get House Bill 189 Passed as Illegal Gambling Operations Pop Up Across State

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Lawmakers are pushing to have House Bill 189 on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' desk by the end of this year's legislative period March 13. The bill seeks to impose stiffer penalties on illegal gambling operators popping up across the state.
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2 Israelis Charged With Using Classified Military Information to Place Bets

Israelis charged betting
Two Israelis have been charged with using classified military information to place bets on how future events will unfold, Israeli authorities said Thursday, accusing the individuals of “serious security offenses.”
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Global Poker, Chumba Casino Founder Recently Arrested on Assault and Drug Charges

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Virtual Gaming Worlds billionaire founder Laurence Escalante appeared in a Perth, Australia court last week to face multiple criminal charges that include aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm, aggravated home burglary, theft, and criminal damage or destruction of property.
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Keir Starmer Out By July According to Prediction Markets

Keir Starmer
Lawmakers have rallied around British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after some in his center-left party questioned the PM's judgment in appointing Peter Mendelson to the high-profile diplomatic post in 2024 despite his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Pennsylvania-Based Amusement Company Pleads Guilty in Illegal Gambling Scheme

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Deibler Brothers Novelty Company pleads guilty to a felony charge regarding installment and operation of hundreds of illegal video gambling devices at bars, convenience stores, and other locations in numerous counties.
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Top Trending: Super Bowl, FanDuel Fraudsters Winter Olympics and Massive Readership Numbers

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Gambling911.com realized a quarter of a million impressions Sunday (248,271), but it wasn't all courtesy of the Super Bowl. Of course, the latter was huge.
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Two Connecticut Men Charged With Using Thousands of Stolen Identities to Defraud FanDuel

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Amitoj Kapoor and Siddharth Lillaney, both of Glastonbury, Connecticut, have been charged with using thousands of stolen identities to run the multi-million-dollar scheme.
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Former MLB Player Yasiel Puig Found Guilty of Obstruction and Lying to Federal Officials in Sports Betting Case

Yasiel Puig
A jury has found former major league outfielder Yasiel Puig guilty of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday.
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NBPA Says Arbitrator Rules Terry Rozier Should Receive $26.6M Salary Despite Gambling Charges

Terry Rozier
An arbitrator has decided Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier should be receiving his $26.6 million salary for this season despite being on administrative leave while facing federal gambling-related charges, the National Basketball Players Association said Monday.
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Sports Handicapper, Instagram Personality Alleged to Have Fixed College Basketball Games Profiled in Washington Post

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United States Attorney David Metcalf announced charges against 26 people in connection with an alleged bribery and point-shaving scheme to fix NCAA Division I men’s basketball games and Chinese Basketball Association games on January 16 (2026).
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Nadu in Crosshairs of Mobster: 'I Don't Give a F**** About Going to Jail'

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"Callous killer of "his friends" and eventual Mob informant Dom Cicale goes absolutely nuclear threatening me after I outted his multiple memecoin scams," Nadu boasts.
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Casino Mogul Miriam Adelson Reportedly Buys $800,000 TV Ad Against Congressman Thomas Massie Following Latest Epstein Files Release

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Massie claims that one of the individual involved with superPAC against him appears on Epstein List.
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Multiple Oklahoma Casinos Sent Bomb Threats

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Casinos now back open after bomb sniffing dogs fail to find explosive devices.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Emphasize That Suspected Biological Lab Not a Danger to Public

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The location under investigation is approximately 12 miles east of the famed Vegas Strip with evidence of “refrigerators with vials containing unknown liquids" found.
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Deadbeat Gambler Gives Interview to Investigators Just Prior to Death From Acid Attack

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Danny Cahalane tells investigators ex wife knew he would be home the night of attack as Paris Wilson among those on trial.
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Don Lemon Arrested: And Prediction Markets Did Not Even See This One Coming

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The betting against a Don Lemon arrest in recent days followed a federal magistrate judge rejection of prosecutors’ bid last Thursday to charge Lemon related to the protest at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Top Trending: Chris Dudley, Tennessee Speaker, Arkansas's Prediction Market Stance, More

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The Yasiel Puig sports betting trial continues to captivate Gambling911.com readers with three of the top five search queries pertaining to the one-time Dodgers super star.
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Drug Dealer Accused of Dousing Degenerate Gambler With Acid Threatened to Burn Down Home With Children Inside

Danny Cahalane

Just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, a jury in the trial of ten people accused of being involved in the acid dousing death of a Plymouth, UK father-of-two heard threats made by the drug dealer who the dead man Danny Cahalane worked for.  Cahalane reportedly owed the drug boss £120,000, much of it gambled away.  A Dubai Crime boss known as “Frost” (real name Ryan Kennedy) stands at the center of the tragic case. 

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China Executes 11 Individuals Tied to Online Gambling Scam

China executes 11 tied to online gambling scam
China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said.
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Yasiel Puig Lost over $1.5 Million in Bets to Illegal LA Bookie According to IRS Agent Testimony

Yasiel Puig playing for the Dodgers
IRS Special Agent Christen Seymour told a jury Wednesday that he based his estimate of losses on $500,000 in wire transfers from Puig’s checking account that went to shell companies affiliated with the bookie.
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Connecticut Man Charged With Stolen Credit Card Scheme Tied to DraftKings Seeks Diversionary Program From Court

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An investigation by authorities by Connecticut's Department of Consumer Protection Gaming Division led to an alleged scheme involving various DraftKings accounts, stolen credit card information and more than $190,000 i
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Federal Investigators Said to be Looking Into Other NBA Games as Part of Ongoing Gambling Probe

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It is not known how many games are being investigated, or if there are other NBA players who may be implicated.
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Man Doused With Acid Who Later Died Allegedly Gambled Away Monies Owed to Notorious Drug Kingpin

Acid murder trial
After being doused with acid in his own Plymouth, England home, 38-year-old Danny Cahalane revealed that he owed GBP 120,000 ($164,051) to a Dubai Crime boss.
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Top Trending: Yasiel Puig Trial Coverage, Super Bowl, More

Yasiel Puig on trial
The trial of ex-Dodgers star Yasiel Puig is expected to wrap up this week, but defense attorneys remain unsure whether they’ll call him to testify and risk cross-examination.
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Yasiel Puig Sports Betting Trial Continues in LA After Getting Off to Bang, Then a Power Outage

Yasiel Puig trial continues
The trial of one time MLB star Yasiel Puig continued Monday. At the heart of the case is whether Puig intentionally lied to federal investigators during a January 2022 interview in regard to his ties to an illegal sports betting ring.
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Power Outage Forces Yasiel Puig Trial Move to New Courtroom

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Day 4 of the trial of Yasiel Puig went dark, literally, on Friday.
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Star Witness Claims Yasiel Puig Bet Thousands of Dollars on Tennis Matches

Yasiel Puig
The trial of former Major League Baseball player Yasiel Puig continued with Hawaiian baseball coach Donny Kadokawa testifying for a second consecutive day on Thursday.
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