A former Bellagio craps dealer and a man who placed phantom bets at the casino pleaded guilty Thursday in what prosecutors called a million-dollar swindle.
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Former Bellagio craps dealer James R. Cooper Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of felony theft for his role in what prosecutors described as a two-year, $1 million craps scheme.
To say that four men who pulled more than $1 million from Bellagio craps tables defied the odds would be something of an understatement. The chances that they legitimately won as much as they did in one of their many sessions over the course of two years: 452 billion-to-1.
A man wanted by police in connection with several casino heists was high on cocaine when police shot and killed him at the Rio last December, a Metro detective testified Monday.
Leading Las Vegas sports bettor Glen Cobb was sentenced to one year of probation Tuesday for his role in what federal prosecutors alleged was a multimillion-dollar illegal gambling operation.
A Georgia law firm says the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas owes it $3.4 million — money a partner improperly transferred from the firm’s accounts in 2012 for gambling there. The firm, Morris Schneider Wittstadt, recently made the allegation in a federal lawsuit filed in Las Vegas.
The Guardian, a British newspaper, and the Campaign for Accountability, a nonprofit watchdog group, have filed separate motions to intervene in an ongoing lawsuit and unseal reports by a former Hong Kong police official.
Lawyers argued their positions Thursday at a hearing to determine whether Clark County District Court has jurisdiction over Sands China Ltd. in a wrongful termination case.
In his third day of testimony casino mogul Sheldon Adelson denied knowledge of a secret “exorcism strategy” to rid Sands China Ltd. of its president and CEO, Steven Jacobs.
District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez told casino developer Sheldon Adelson: “Sir, you don’t get to argue with me. You understand that?” It was Adelson’s second day of testimony at the hearing in Las Vegas. At issue is whether Gonzalez has jurisdiction over Sands China Ltd. in the case.
Sports bettor Glen Cobb and his family pleaded guilty Monday in a long-running investigation of a multimillion-dollar illegal gambling operation.
A former Station Casinos employee was sentenced to 366 days in federal prison Thursday for tax evasion related to a scheme to accept under-the-table payments related to his job.
Darren Phua pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor charge stemming from a betting scheme set up in a luxury villa at Caesars. Prosecutors say the operation involved millions of dollars in illegal wagers on the 2014 World Cup.
District Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez has ordered hefty sanctions against Las Vegas Sands subsidiary Sands China Ltd. for improperly withholding documents related to an ongoing wrongful termination lawsuit.
A Las Vegas judge is mulling what, if any, sanctions to impose on Sands China Ltd. for redacting personal information from documents the company produced out of Macau in January 2013.