Destiny Kennedy filed a class action against Virtual Gaming Worlds in Georgia on 17 May, alleging its sweepstakes casino websites violate state gambling rules. Kennedy seeks to recover about $1,150 in losses; VGW had not filed a response, according to the report.
The lawsuit challenges whether VGW’s sweepstakes casino websites comply with Georgia gambling rules.
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Police in Decatur, Alabama, arrested five people after searching a home in the 1000 block of Hoover Avenue SW on 20 October. Officers found several gambling machines, an undisclosed sum of cash and an assault rifle; the suspects face charges including promoting gambling and simple gambling.
Police in Decatur, Alabama, arrested five people after searching a home in the 1000 block of Hoover Avenue SW on 20 October. The Decatur Police Department, its Vice/Narcotics Unit, Special Enforcement Team and Special Weapons and Tactical Unit executed a search warrant at the property. The five people arrested were charged and released on bond later that day, the report said.
Utah Attorney General Derek Brown has sued Kalshi and market maker Susquehanna in Utah’s Third Judicial District Court, alleging illegal online gambling. The lawsuit estimates that Kalshi received between $30.6 million and $61.2 million in fees from its Utah operations and seeks to stop the service in the state. Kalshi disputes that its sporting event contracts constitute sports betting and says federal regulation applies.
A 57-year-old Las Vegas man is contesting felony charges over an alleged sports betting operation involving about $8 million in wagers at Nevada sportsbooks and an offshore website. His lawyer argues that law enforcement's payment of between $5,000 and $6,000 to an undercover witness raises entrapment concerns; prosecutors say compensating confidential sources is not unusual.
A California property investor accused of child abuse is reportedly linked to a separate investigation involving an alleged illegal casino and drug operation. The alleged gambling operation occupied a commercial property he controlled in El Monte.
Court records cited in a media report reportedly tie the investor to a second probe, this one concerning an alleged illegal casino and gambling operation. That alleged gambling ring was based at a commercial property in El Monte, near Los Angeles, which the man controlled. According to the report, no criminal charges have yet been filed against him over the alleged gambling ring.
Las Vegas gambler ‘Wild Bill’ Roberts faces an indictment after allegedly accepting $69,000 in wagers following his arrest. Prosecutors said on 30 September that he continued accepting bets, including from an undercover investigator.
Prosecutors announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that a grand jury indictment had been unsealed against William "Wild Bill" Roberts, the Las Vegas gambler. The charges include running a gaming establishment without a license, taking compensation for accepting wagers unlawfully, attempted money laundering, and accepting unlawful wagers. Roberts rejects the claim that he ran an illegal sportsbook, saying he is a gambler, not a bookmaker.