Peotone, Illinois: Eight-Person Crew Targets Six Gaming Machines at Travel Center, Police Say
Five went inside while three others kept watch, police say. It’s one of many recent smash-and-grabs aimed at video gambling machines across the Chicago…
Indian National Living in New York Pleads Guilty in Southwest Missouri Arcade Gambling Case
They were set up to look like arcades. Federal prosecutors say they were really illegal gambling businesses, and a third defendant has now admitted…
Teen Says He Was Gaming When Woman Entered With Bat and Knife, Stabbing Him Near Canutillo
A 14-year-old El Paso boy told police he was sitting in his gaming chair playing video games when a woman walked into his room…
A $1.50 Call of Duty Dispute Triggered a Swatting That Killed an Uninvolved Father
Andrew Finch was 28. He lived on McCormick Street in Wichita with his mother, his sister, his niece and two family friends, and he…
Intruders Steal $12,000 in Naruto Cards During Queens Home Invasion
Three intruders broke into a Queens home before dawn on Sept. 9, struck a man in the face with a weapon, threw two women…
Singaporean man pleads guilty in Washington DC to $245m crypto theft ring that formed through online gaming
Malone Lam, a 22-year-old Singaporean citizen and recent Miami resident, pleaded guilty on 8 September 2026 to running an international cybercrime network that prosecutors…
FATF Flags Money Laundering Risks in Gaming and Gambling Platforms
The world’s financial crime watchdog has just published a list of warning signs for the gambling industry. Tucked inside it, for the first time…
Roy Student, Who Went From Apollo 11 to the Casino Floor, Dies at 83
Roy Student, an engineer who worked on the Apollo 11 Lunar Module before spending five decades building the technology that runs modern casino floors,…
New York Man Arrested in Wisconsin in North Carolina Pokémon Card Fraud Case
A New York man was arrested in Wisconsin in a North Carolina Pokémon card fraud case. Milwaukee records listed an extradition hold on September…
Police Release Photos of Two Men Sought in $8,000 One Piece Card Theft
Police in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania have now released surveillance photos of two men they want to identify in the theft of a One Piece card…