1+ hour, 35+ min ago  (394+ words) The mayor of the small city of Hitchcock in Galveston County, Texas, was arrested and charged with engaging in organized criminal activity Wednesday. That's after police said they found illegal gambling machines at a laundromat business he owned. Mayor Christopher…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (463+ words) A raid last October by federal and local law enforcement on a licensed, private racetrack in Idaho, complete with rubber bullets and flash-bangs, has sparked a civil rights lawsuit that claims constitutional rights were violated. At about 1 p.m. on Sunday, October…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (383+ words) A convicted bingo swindler who fled the country after a federal jury nailed him for fraud, money laundering, and illegal gambling has landed on the FBI's Most Wanted list. Michael Marasigan, a joint US and Philippine citizen, was convicted in…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (379+ words) A Reno police officer who arrested a truck driver at Reno's Peppermill Casino in 2023 after he was misidentified by the property's AI facial recognition system now admits he had no right to carry out the arrest, according to new court…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (409+ words) Charges against a St. Petersburg, Fla., police officer accused of improperly sharing information from police databases with a man who planted explosives in the Hard Rock Casino Tampa could be dropped, The Tampa Bay Times reports. Brandon Klaiber, 41, was charged…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (422+ words) Police in Lake County, Fla. have raided an illegal gaming parlor linked to Marcos Lopez, the former Osceola County Sheriff racing racketeering charges for protecting and profiting from an illicit gambling operation. The Lake County Sheriff's Office said it had…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (446+ words) Police in Rhode Island say a man at a Bally's casino was lured to a hotel room, presumably on promises of sexual favors, only to be robbed at knifepoint by a third male suspect. The Lincoln Police Department responded to…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago  (443+ words) Newly released police bodycam footage shows the aftermath of the arrest of an innocent man at Reno's Peppermill Casino who was misidentified by the property's AI facial recognition system. Casino.org reported in November that long-haul truck driver Jason Killinger…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (409+ words) A suspect in an August 28 robbery at Joker's Casino in Rapid City, S.D. was shot Sunday by police using a less-lethal launcher " a device that fires sponge rounds or pepper balls, according to the Rapid City Police Department (RCPD). John Feather,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (281+ words) A federal grand jury has indicted a man for allegedly fighting TSA officers and trying to stab police officers at Harry Reid International Airport. Jhon Raul Vizcaino Ramirez, 30, faces two federal counts of interfering with security screening personnel, two counts…...