Gambling

News

3 men guilty of killing bouncer in robbery of Brooklyn gambling den

It took just a few hours for a federal jury to find a trio of New Jersey men guilty of murdering a bouncer...

News

Mobbed-up Long Island cop staged fake raid at rival ‘Sal the Shoemaker’ gambling parlor: feds

A mobbed-up Nassau cop working behind-the-scenes for the Bonanno crime family staged a fake raid to shut down a gambling parlor run by...

News

Three men face trial for bouncer’s slaying during Brooklyn gambling den heist

Three men from New Jersey are set to go on trial for killing a bouncer during a botched 2020 heist of a Brooklyn...

News

Asking Eric: Newly married couple feuds over loans to gambling friend

Dear Eric: Six months ago, I eloped with a man I had been dating for two weeks. We are now expecting our first...

News

Man shot in head during botched robbery at illegal Queens gambling den dies

A 37-year-old man shot in the head during an attempted robbery of an illegal gambling den in Queens has died, police said Monday....

News

The right bet on sports gambling: National regulation makes sense

Sports betting, which has exploded in America in recent years — especially right here in New York — is finally getting the thorough...

Sport

Darts prodigy Leighton Bennett, 18, banned for eight years after wildly missing board

Former darts wonder Leighton Bennett has been banned from the sport for eight years for match-fixing. The 18-year-old appeared in front of the...

World

Man sells his own baby for £729 on Facebook to fund gambling

A man in Indonesia has been arrested by police accused of selling his baby online to finance his gambling habit. The man, 36,...

News

Bill Madden: Pete Rose and the Hall of Fame … the writers deserve to have the final say

Pete Rose died last Monday at age 83 and so ended one of the great American tragedies. Throughout his entire playing career —...

News

Ex-NBA player Jontay Porter of Raptors to face felony charges in sports betting gambling scandal: court filings

Federal prosecutors have publicly signaled they’ll criminally charge former Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter in the sports gambling scandal that got him banned...