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Mass. Casinos Settle for Improper Bets

Posted on: February 13, 2023, 10:07h. 

Final up to date on: February 13, 2023, 10:07h.

Massachusetts regulators have launched an investigation into improper wagers at two casinos. They have been on in-state collegiate basketball video games.

The Encore Boston Harbor
The Encore Boston Harbor, pictured above. The Massachusetts on line casino accepted improper bets on a university basketball sport, officers stated. (Picture: Cvent)

It was revealed final week that Encore Boston Harbor self-reported bets on a Boston School girls’s basketball sport and Plainridge Park On line casino self-reported wagers on a Merrimack School males’s basketball sport.

The Massachusetts Gaming Fee introduced the inquiry into the improper bets. Officers didn’t determine the amount of cash that was wagered.

Massachusetts prohibits betting on in-state schools until 4 or extra groups are in a event.

Pennsylvania On line casino Winner Killed

A Wilkes-Barre, Pa. lady was fatally shot on Sunday simply hours after she returned from a close-by on line casino.

The would-be sufferer, Carla Pina, and a few pals have been at her Darling Road residence. They have been apparently celebrating her win on the unnamed Pennsylvania gaming property.

She was shot at about 6 a.m. Pina was rushed to the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Middle. She was declared useless on the hospital.

A suspect, Natanihel San Martin, 40, of Wilkes-Barre, who seemed to be the sufferer’s boyfriend, was arrested Sunday on the crime scene, the Occasions Chief, a neighborhood newspaper, reported.

San Martin was charged with open murder, endangering the welfare of youngsters, and recklessly endangering one other particular person.

He was arraigned in a neighborhood court docket on Sunday afternoon. Magisterial District Decide Thomas Malloy wouldn’t set bail.

San Martin was being held on the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

Earlier than the taking pictures, San Martin drank “virtually a whole bottle” of Hennessy cognac over quarter-hour, police stated. He later slammed the empty cognac bottle on a desk.

He then went into the couple’s bed room. Two photographs rang out. A 9mm semi-automatic pistol was later seized by police within the residence.

A younger little one was within the residence on the time of the taking pictures.

Pina and San Martin had been arguing over the previous six weeks, police have been informed.

San Martin is scheduled to look in Luzerne County Central Courtroom on February 22.

Indiana On line casino Winner Was Punched, Kicked, Robbed

A Franklin, Ind. man was assaulted and robbed of $6K in on line casino winnings at his home final week.

The sufferer was taking part in blackjack on the Horseshoe On line casino in Shelbyville, Ind. on Tuesday.

The suspect, Michael J. Brown, 58 of Indianapolis, Ind., tailed the sufferer from the on line casino again to his home. He approached the person in his driveway.

Brown requested him for some water after which requested for instructions.

Brown instantly allegedly punched the again of the person’s head. The sufferer fell to the pavement. Brown then allegedly kicked him.

Brown stole the money, police stated. On Thursday, he was arrested for theft inflicting bodily harm, the Every day Journal, a neighborhood newspaper, reported.

Brown was booked on the Johnson County jail.

Iowa Slot Winner Pleads Responsible to Fraud

An Iowa man pled responsible to 2 costs this month after he allegedly tried to have somebody gather on line casino slot machine winnings for him.

The defendant, Dajo Alon Grandberry, 57, of Sioux Metropolis, was on the Exhausting Rock Resort and On line casino in Sioux Metropolis final August.

He gained a jackpot however owed cash to the state of Iowa, so tried to have the opposite particular person declare the cash, authorities stated.

The Iowa Division of Felony Investigation launched an investigation. He was arrested on November 30 and charged with illegal betting-fraudulent declare, in addition to solicitation to commit a felony, officers stated.

Grandberry entered the pleas at Woodbury County District Courtroom in Sioux Metropolis.