"The Cabazon tribe in California hired a member of a local crime syndicate to run its casino. A tribal official who accused the manager of skimming profits was forced out of office and found dead two months later. While the case has not yet been solved, investigators believe that the murder was mob related" (FDCH Congressional Testimony 1993).

"The Gaming Corporation of America was booted out as the management firm of Ho-Chunk Casino last week after a yearlong investigation by the Wisconsin Winnebago Gaming Commission. The 55-page commission report...alleges that the Gaming Corporation of America and its affiliate company, Golden Nickel Casinos Inc., violated an agreement with the tribe by continuing business relationships with a man who the tribe said was unacceptable because of his alleged association with organized crime" (Griffin 1994).

"The FBI is currently investigating Angelo Medure, who manages a casino for Minnesota's White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians. Medure is a business associate of Henry Zottola, who works for the Genovese crime family. It is suspected that these men are laundering money for that crime family" (FDCH Congressional Testimony 1993).

"Companies and individuals with links to East Coast Mafia families have made millions of dollars doing business with five Northern Minnesota casinos.

A company connected to four of those casinos had ties through key personnel to what has been one of the toughest mob organizations in the United States--the New England family headed by Raymond Patriarca Jr. Another casino has had ties with associates of Philadelphia's Bruno/Scarfo gang" (Ison and Kilzer, May 29, 1994).

"On January 10, 1992, the reputed acting boss of Chicago's mafia, Sam `Wings' Carlisi, and eight other organized-crime figures were indicted in a fifteen count indictment comprised of felony charges for their attempts to take over gambling operations and skim casino profits" on the Rincon Indian Reservation in San Diego County, California (FDCH Congressional Testimony

1993). For many more examples of Indian Gaming corruption and ties to organized crime see the Congressional Testimony just cited.

Whittaker was not home at the time, and Chief Deputy John Dailey said the death of Jesse Joe Tribble, 18, was not related to the burglary and was not a homicide. It may have been drug-related, Dailey said.

Judge Deborah Neal, 54, has been on paid leave since Aug. 16; she remains hospitalized for treatment of depression. She was among the patrons in a Kansas City, Kan., casino that was raided by authorities in April.

Dar Heatherington cried in court as she was handed the sentence for public mischief.

That evidence included letters, sexy lingerie and a computer disk with Ms. Heatherington's face pasted on photos of a woman performing various sex acts.

Armed men burst into the north Moscow arcade at about 6 a.m. and opened fire, the Interfax news agency reported. They killed a security guard and a customer, and seriously wounded the cashier.

Iorworth Hoare, the rapist, who has already been in jail for 36 years, has been moved from a low-security open prison to a high-security cell in another jail amid fears that he could be attacked by jealous prisoners.

But City of Lethbridge administrators found a section of the Municipal Government Act that said Heatherington's resignation took effect the day it was tendered – meaning her role on council ended Monday.

The 60-page filing, presented in San Francisco Superior Court, alleges that the companies sell rights to web advertisements based on searches for terms such as "illegal gambling," "internet gambling" and "California gambling."

Mayor Bob Tarleck said the city isn't waiting to see if Dar Heatherington voluntarily resigns before it applies to court for her removal. A lawyer is "presently engaged in this case," Tarleck said.

The 40-year-old had signed a plea agreement that the misdemeanor charge would be dropped if she stayed out of trouble for a year and saw a psychiatrist.

Under the deal, the charge was to be dismissed if she provided proof she had seen a psychiatrist, paid court costs and stayed out of trouble for the full year.

VLTs generate 30 per cent of Loto-Quebec's profits but the corporation wants to reduce the number of machines in poorer areas.

…"Former street cop Rick McIntosh, who stepped down temporarily as president of the Toronto Police Association on Sunday, is among those being investigated...

So far, only one federal employee, civilian director Paul Champagne, has been fired after auditors discovered National Defence had paid $160 million for military computer hardware and support services it never received.