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The gambling watchdog of Isle of Man has hit a former online betting company with a £200,000 ($273,000) penalty after an inspection exposed deep flaws in its anti-money-laundering (AML) controls. The action was announced on Friday (February 6), when the Gambling Supervision Commission published the results of an enforcement investigation into Shelgeyr Limited. Shelgeyr operated […]
On January 12, the Isle of Man government renewed its commitment to the iGaming industry, despite headwinds and pressures from different directions. The message sent out was that the Isle of Man remains open for business and welcoming to the sector, in the face of challenges from changing tax landscapes in other jurisdictions and the […]
A 73-year-old man from Chapin, South Carolina, has been sentenced to five years of probation after it was uncovered that he intended to “engage in illegal” gambling businesses. James O. Helms helped run a “large-scale gambling organization” in Lexington, Kentucky. Helms pled guilty to conspiracy to engage in the illegal business, which reportedly drew in […]
A transgender man is suing 24 Hour Fitness for discrimination after he was told he had to wear a shirt in a sauna while other clients were allowed to bare their chests. Kaileb Harper, a transgender African-American man, alleged in a lawsuit filed last month in California state court that an employee of the fitness […]
A man from Sun Valley, Nevada, has been given a custodial sentence for embezzling three-quarters of a million dollars from casino locations where he was employed. Thomas Tonar, 61, worked for Nevada’s Dotty’s Casino locations throughout the state, and as part of a joint police effort, was arrested while on the run with the ill-gotten […]
Marketing mastermind Terence Reilly is responsible for turning rubber shoes and insulated mugs into cultural obsessions. In 2011, he joined Crocs as Chief Brand Officer and accomplished what seemed impossible: making cheap foam shoes cool. He left in 2020 for Stanley, where he turned an oversized water bottle into a must-have item, then returned to […]
A 48-year-old man from Olympia was sentenced on Thursday (September 11), in a US District Court in Tacoma to 18 months in prison for wire fraud connected to a large embezzlement scheme that supported his gambling addiction, according to Acting US Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Matthew Randall Ping admitted guilt in June 2025 to wire […]
Jerome Dewald sat with his legs crossed and his hands folded in his lap in front of an appellate panel of New York State judges, ready to argue for a reversal of a lower court’s decision in his dispute with a former employer. The court had allowed Mr. Dewald, who is not a lawyer and […]
We’re back at the White Lotus, gang. That means Sunday night social media, equal parts wealth porn and hatred, and the return of the “braggy beach book.” In previous seasons, the show’s conspicuous titles have served a satirical purpose. There’s a lot of laughs to be mined from the ways the idle rich try (and […]
A Los Angeles man has been arrested following an “emergency situation” involving Elizabeth Lyn Vargas. The Real Housewives of Orange County alum was rescued by police on Tuesday, Feb. 1, after being “held captive for a number of hours” inside her California home, according to her manager, David Weintraub. Vargas is now “doing fine,” Weintraub […]
