#gambling-industry

#gambling-industry

The U.S. Treasury Department's crackdown on Mexican drug trafficking finances has now expanded to include a network of luxury restaurants and casinos in Mexico. The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced Thursday that, in a joint operation with Mexico, it has sanctioned 27 companies accused of allegedly laundering money on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel. In the crosshairs are businesses owned by the Hysa group in Mexico, Canada, and Poland,

We've just spent two weeks in London, staying in south Kensington (London has turned into something crazy': is the city in the grip of a crime wave?, 11 October). The only crime we witnessed was being woken up in the early hours by people racing Lamborghinis and Ferraris, with little enforcement by the police. We travelled all over using public transport and walking, and felt safe, so I don't think the supposed crime wave is anything to fear. Fran Leach Plymouth, Massachusetts, US

According to an invitation seen by the Guardian, the event will be hosted by Michael Dugher, the chair of the Betting & Gaming Council (BGC), who joined Brunswick as a part-time senior adviser last year. Dugher, a former Labour MP who stepped down during Jeremy Corbyn's stint as party leader, has since built a career as a pugnacious and sometimes controversial champion of Britain's gambling industry.

Eight projects are bidding for a state license to operate a casino in the lucrative New York City market, each dangling the prospect of generational investment in America’s largest metropolitan region.

AI's like the secret sauce in online casinos, making sure everything's above board and proper. It's crunching mountains of data faster than you can blink.