A joint investigation by The Washington Post’s two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Gilbert M. Gaul and CBS News’ 60 Minutes takes an in-depth look at the two largest cases of online gambling fraud in the history of Internet poker. They find that Internet gambling sites operate in a shadowy world of little regulation and even less enforcement, and weigh the reasoning behind the US government’s ban on the industry.

When the dealer at Table #206 at Ontario’s Casino Rama started flipping cards for a mini-baccarat game, there was little doubt among the high rollers who would win. On that hand, dealt at 8:42 p.m. on Oct. 24, 2003, two players raked in CAD 6,500. That was chump change, however – just one hand in an astonishingly successful swindle. When the gang hit the tables in earnest, they walked away from the Orillia casino with CAD 2,062,927 in winnings, according to U.S. prosecutors.

Washington – Tien Duc Vu, 50, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the „Tran Organization,“ in a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions of dollars, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt and U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington Jeffrey C. Sullivan announced today.

Some employees of Detroit’s three casinos think they can beat the system that’s in place to protect their workplace against cheats and thieves. Juanita Marzette Smith of Oak Park, who worked in one of Greektown Casino’s count rooms, was fired after she picked up USD 480 in cash from her table with a tissue she had just used to blow her nose, stuffing the cash in her pocket.

The bright lights bring millions to Vegas hoping an escape to a fantasy world will make dreams come true. But some don’t come to gamble for fun. The industry that makes our city tick is constantly under attack by thieves trying to make a quick buck. But the men and women who are the eyes and ears of surveillance and security are learning all the tricks of the trade — with the newest technology on the market.

Joseph Ogundu called it a blunder at the craps table. Greektown Casino and the police who work there called it cheating, and had the 46-year-old West Bloomfield resident charged with a felony and a misdemeanor. In July, 11 months after the incident at the Detroit casino, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury acquitted Ogundu. On Monday, Ogundu returned to Wayne County Circuit Court — this time, to file a lawsuit against the casino, a State Police officer and an unnamed Detroit cop.

So the Gambling Act has finally come into force. Much has been made of its impact on the nation’s gambling habits but for those who love watching or playing sport, or betting on sporting events, it is Clause 42, entitled „Cheating“, which will be of greatest interest. This aims to ensure that the integrity of sport is protected from the many and various forms of betting. Now it will be a criminal offence punishable by two years in prison to cheat while gambling.

Atlantic City – A former Atlantic City gaming executive who claims she was cheated out of a job after secretly helping financial giant Morgan Stanley on a billion-dollar casino project has won a ruling that keeps her lawsuit alive. Audrey S. Oswell, former president and chief executive officer of Resorts Atlantic City, sued Morgan Stanley last October in a case involving allegations of double-dealing, corporate intrigue and fraud.

One dealer flew to San Diego to learn how to cheat at cards. Another rented a Tacoma house that became a crash pad for out-of-state schemers in town to bilk the Puyallup Tribe’s Emerald Queen Casino. The woman who rented the house and another casino card dealer also were sent on a scouting mission to Mississippi to see if the scheme that was used to cheat the Puyallups out of more than USD 1 million would work at an Indian casino there.