A Dutch court sentenced two former Hommerson Casino employees on 7 July 2025 for manipulating roulette machines and defrauding their employer. It imposed eight months in prison, with two months suspended, and ordered them to repay €124,000; the defendants admitted fraud but disputed the amount.
The repayment order and prison sentences set the outcome of the fraud case involving a casino operator.
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Cardiff Crown Court sentenced Noor Rassam and Panayiotis Karayiannis on 2 October after they admitted possessing and transferring criminal property linked to poker operations in Cardiff. Each received a three-year prison term suspended for three years; investigators identified about £384,000 in third-party payments between them from August 2022 to February 2024.
A Genesee County court sentenced two people to one year of probation after they pleaded guilty to operating a for-profit gambling house in Flint, Michigan. The Michigan Gaming Control Board said investigators seized 43 gambling computers and $2,572.48 in winnings and proceeds during a 2022 search; the defendants also received financial penalties and court costs.
The Genoa Court of Appeal revised a first-instance ruling in a case arising from a 2024 investigation into alleged illegal betting, usury and criminal association. In its 13 July 2026 decision, it reduced the sentences of two defendants; for a third, it reclassified the offence and set a six-month arrest sentence, revoking previously imposed additional penalties. The investigation concerned an alleged sports betting operation in Genoa.
Australia’s Federal Court found that two former senior executives of The Star Entertainment Group breached the Corporations Act through failures in managing money-laundering risks and informing the board. The court found no breaches by the other nine former directors and officers named in the proceedings, and had not imposed penalties at the time of the report.
An Australian court found former Star Entertainment chief executive Bekier and former company lawyer Martin breached directors’ duties in connection with oversight of a junket operator between 2017 and 2019. The court identified seven breaches; ASIC did not establish liability against seven other former directors, and a date for sentencing and any penalties is still to be set.