Six Australians and a one person from New Zealand have reportedly been arrested in Thailand over an illegal gambling operation. Police used an undercover informant to place bets at the Ned Kelly Bar at Valentine’s Guest House in Pattaya on May 10th, the Pattaya Mail reported. The bets were made on Australian horse races broadcast over the internet onto large-screen televisions. Police raided the bar this month and arrested New Zealander Philip Smith, 59, who is allegedly the operator, and six Australians. Smith told police he had been accepting bets and paying according to the website rate, while receiving a…

Spy Ghana – Dr Charles Dwamena New Patriotic Party (NPP) Chairman of the Asia-Pacific Caucus NPP China, Japan and Korea alling for the recall of Ghana’s Ambassador to Japan, HE Edmound Kofi Agbenutse. According to him, the Ambassador’s conducts are public humiliation to Ghana. “According to the Tokyo Police and media reports, Ambassador Agbenutse who’s lavish livelihood is catered for by Ghanaian tax payers, has been using his position as the president’s representative to Japan to support illegal Baccarat gambling by making available his residence located at Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward to illegal Japanese Baccarat gamblers whiles providing these gamblers with…

CBS San Francisco – Owners of an Internet cafe in San Francisco’s Excelsior District reached a settlement on Thursday in a lawsuit filed by the city’s attorney that called for the end of allegedly illegal gambling and other criminal activity at the site. As part of the settlement, Net Stop, located at 4458 Mission St., agreed to close the business, which the city attorney claimed allowed customers to play computer slot machine games and buy electronic “points” that could be redeemed for cash, within the next 60 days. The business, owned by Thomas Lacey, also agreed to not open a…

Police from the southern Italian city of Potenza seized homes and assets worth €8 million across Italy in an illegal betting operation involving a ring, investigators said on Wednesday. Two people have been placed under house arrest and another seven ordered not to leave town. The police operation dubbed ‘game over’ reportedly uncovered a criminal gang which used rigged slot machines and computer games. The nine people involved in the investigation are charged with controlling illegal gambling and betting enterprises as well as money laundering. The gambling and betting joints across the southern Basilicata region allegedly offered customers rigged online…