A former executive of Mohegan Sun Pocono and a gambler who were believed to have helped a scheme to defraud the casino were indicted Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Robert Joseph Pellegrini, former VP of player development for the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs, and his alleged associate, Mark Heltzel, were hit with a 21-count indictment, including charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Authorities said Pellegrini, Heltzel and a third accomplice were engaged in a scheme that involves the use of stolen names in PINs that were tied to players’ loyalty club cards.

The indictment filed Tuesday did not name the third accomplice, who Citizens Voice identified as cocktail waitress Rochelle Poszelusnyi.

A former executive of Mohegan Sun Pocono and a gambler who were believed to have helped a scheme to defraud the casino were indicted Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Robert Joseph Pellegrini, former VP of player development for the Mohegan Sun Casino at Pocono Downs, and his alleged associate, Mark Heltzel, were hit with a 21-count indictment, including charges of conspiracy to commit money laundering, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Authorities said Pellegrini, Heltzel and a third accomplice were engaged in a scheme that involves the use of stolen names in PINs that were tied to players’ loyalty club cards.

The indictment filed Tuesday did not name the third accomplice, who Citizens Voice identified as cocktail waitress Rochelle Poszelusnyi.

An Oklahoma judge has finally given the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma the go signal to launch a gambling website for international players.

The ruling was handed down a month after the state of Oklahoma said it won’t stand in the way of the federally recognized Indian tribe, which plans to launch PokerTribe.com—an online gambling site that caters to customers outside of the United States.

According to a Law360 report, the tribe sued Oklahoma late last year after the state questioned if launching an online gambling site fell within the bounds of their gaming compact.

The state then turned to an arbitrator to resolve the standoff, who, in turn, determined that the tribe’s plan to host an online gaming site doesn’t violate not only the compact, but other relevant laws as well.

An Oklahoma judge has finally given the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma the go signal to launch a gambling website for international players.

The ruling was handed down a month after the state of Oklahoma said it won’t stand in the way of the federally recognized Indian tribe, which plans to launch PokerTribe.com—an online gambling site that caters to customers outside of the United States.

According to a Law360 report, the tribe sued Oklahoma late last year after the state questioned if launching an online gambling site fell within the bounds of their gaming compact.

The state then turned to an arbitrator to resolve the standoff, who, in turn, determined that the tribe’s plan to host an online gaming site doesn’t violate not only the compact, but other relevant laws as well.

Philippine-listed Leisure and Resorts World Corp. (LRWC) consolidated revenue for 2015 was up by almost 40 percent at PHP9.5 billion (US$206 million) year-on-year, despite a drop in income from its casino operations.

In a filing with the Philippine Stock Exchange, the company—which has several interests related to land-based and online gambling—said its earnings last year reached PHP1.03 billion, a 37 percent increase from the PHP750 million in 2014.

LRWC’s online gaming business at the Cagayan Freeport accounted for about half of the company’s full-year profit. First Cagayan Leisure and Resorts Corp., the master licensor for online gambling at Cagayan Freeport, reported a 19 percent increase from PHP432 million in 2014 to PHP516 million last year.

LWRC owns 69.68 percent of First Cagayan Leisure and Resorts Corp. The company also manages bingo halls and outlets via a subsidiary.

Massachusetts’ first casino hasn’t sparked a rise in criminality in its surrounding communities, according to a report prepared for state gaming regulators.

Last week, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) received a report it had asked to be prepared on crime levels in the vicinity of Plainridge Park Casino, the Penn National Gaming-owned slots hall that launched in June 2015, the first of four casinos the state is preparing to welcome in the next few years.

Crime analysis expert and former Cambridge cop Christopher Bruce told the MGC that data from Plainville and five surrounding communities in the six months following the casino launch showed a mild rise in the number of traffic incidents, along with an increase in reported kidnappings and prostitution.

However, Bruce noted that these increases “clearly had nothing to do” with Plainridge Park, as the kidnappings appeared related to parental custody disputes while the prostitution rise was the result of two incidents at a hotel in Wrentham. A rise in burglary rates was attributed to two heroin-addicted serial offenders with “no casino-related motives.”

Massachusetts’ first casino hasn’t sparked a rise in criminality in its surrounding communities, according to a report prepared for state gaming regulators.

Last week, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) received a report it had asked to be prepared on crime levels in the vicinity of Plainridge Park Casino, the Penn National Gaming-owned slots hall that launched in June 2015, the first of four casinos the state is preparing to welcome in the next few years.

Crime analysis expert and former Cambridge cop Christopher Bruce told the MGC that data from Plainville and five surrounding communities in the six months following the casino launch showed a mild rise in the number of traffic incidents, along with an increase in reported kidnappings and prostitution.

However, Bruce noted that these increases “clearly had nothing to do” with Plainridge Park, as the kidnappings appeared related to parental custody disputes while the prostitution rise was the result of two incidents at a hotel in Wrentham. A rise in burglary rates was attributed to two heroin-addicted serial offenders with “no casino-related motives.”

3-Barrels of pure value including a chance to fire off some questions in the general direction of Antonio Esfandiari; Doyle Brunson fights off another cancer scare, and what has someone put in the Red Bull over at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open?

What would you do if a stranger grabbed your arm and started to feel your pulse during a big pot?

That’s the predicament Connor Drinan found himself him in during a hand played out in the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale.

.@SavagePoker player bets river, I shove, 2 min thru tank he grabs my forearm and says let me feel ur pulse. Big pot, never met him. Ruling?

3-Barrels of pure value including a chance to fire off some questions in the general direction of Antonio Esfandiari; Doyle Brunson fights off another cancer scare, and what has someone put in the Red Bull over at the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open?

What would you do if a stranger grabbed your arm and started to feel your pulse during a big pot?

That’s the predicament Connor Drinan found himself him in during a hand played out in the $10,000 buy-in World Poker Tour (WPT) Seminole Hard Rock Poker Finale.

.@SavagePoker player bets river, I shove, 2 min thru tank he grabs my forearm and says let me feel ur pulse. Big pot, never met him. Ruling?