Dispatch – An illegal casino with 200 slot machines that masqueraded as a skill-games parlor has been shut down. But state regulators warned that similar, smaller businesses might still be operating in the state. An investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service and the Ohio Casino Control Commission resulted in three Canton-area people being charged with operating an illegal gambling business and money laundering. The government is also seeking forfeiture of $1.3 million and four automobiles. Charged were Jerry Warren, 70, of Canton; Tracie Warren-Pastore, 45, of North Canton; and Yabacushyanei Bennett, 45, of Canton. The feds…

Poker News – While Portugal’s national government keeps working on the new online gambling law that was supposed to be approved by February this year, the Authority for Food and Economic Safety (ASAE) continues its war against illegal gambling and has announced the closure of yet another non-authorized casino. “We have already closed around 25 illegal casino rooms only in the Norte region (Northern Portugal),” said ASAE inspector Rute Serra in an interview published today by Portugal’s daily Journal de Noticias. Discussing ASAE’s latest anti-illegal gambling operation, Serra spoke about illegal gambling as a phenomenon on the rise, followed by…