Fog/Mist 48°
Tag:

Gambling

News
Newly Minted Millionaire! Ticket Sold In NJ Scores $1 Million Newly Minted Millionaire! Ticket Sold In NJ Scores $1 Million
Newly Minted Millionaire! Ticket Sold In NJ Scores $1 Million A New Jersey lottery ticket hit the jackpot in the drawing held on Saturday, March 16. A ticket sold online via the Jackpocket app matched five of the five white balls, winning $1 million. Jackpocket is based in Hewitt in Passaic County. The winning numbers were 12, 23, 44, 57 and 61. The Red Power Ball number was 05. 

SHARE

by Sam Barron
News
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Worth $221K Sold At Food Mart WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Worth $221K Sold At Food Mart
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Lottery Ticket Worth $221K Sold At Food Mart One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $220,895 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot, state Lottery officials said. The winning numbers drawn on Thursday, March 14 were: 04, 06, 30, 40 and 44 and the XTRA number was: 03.  The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold.  The winning ticket was sold at Cooke Avenue Food Mart, 24 Cooke Ave., Carteret in Middlesex County.

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Sports
Jersey Shore Bettor Wins Nearly $500K On $5 Bet (VIDEO) Jersey Shore Bettor Wins Nearly $500K On $5 Bet (VIDEO)
Jersey Shore Bettor Wins Nearly $500K On $5 Bet (Video) It was a true Christmas miracle for Travis Dufner, a Monmouth County resident, who turned a $5 bet into $489,383.01. Dufner, a 32-year-old Millstone resident who works as a financial planner, bet on DraftKings that 14 different players would score touchdowns over Week 16 of the NFL season, Dufner shared in a ticket breakdown on Instagram. On Monday, Dec. 25, Dufner watched the 49ers v. Ravens game, needing only Christian McCaffery to score a touchdown for the big bet to pay off.  As Najee Harris, Gabriel Davis, Jahmyr Gibbs, DK Metcalf, Jerome Ford, Chris Rodriguez, Jr., Jonathan Tayl…

SHARE

by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Contractor Admits Gambling Jersey Shore Renovation Money: Prosecutor Contractor Admits Gambling Jersey Shore Renovation Money: Prosecutor
Contractor Admits Gambling Jersey Shore Renovation Money: Prosecutor A home contractor has admitted spending renovation money on personal expenses including gambling, authorities said. Jeffrey Crawford, 50, of Lacey Township, pleaded guilty to theft by failure to make required disposition of property on Monday, Oct. 23, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. In May 2021, the Toms River Township Police Department was contacted by the Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs with regard to a complaint lodged by a Toms River resident against Crawford, who was trading as Hercules Renovations, LLC.  A subsequent in…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
$2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen $2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen
$2.4M Eagles Ticket Scam: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gets 4 Years In Fed Pen A disgraced South Jersey attorney with a confessed gambling habit must spend the next four years in federal prison for conning an investor out of $2.4 million in a loan scheme involving supposed Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holders. Frank N. Tobolsky, 60, of Cherry Hill told the Delaware investor that he was funding loans for clients using season ticket licenses as collateral, an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Camden says. U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said Tobolsky put a "substantial portion" of the $2.4 million toward personal expenses, some of which…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam
NJ: Elderly Siblings With 8th-Grade Educations Swindled In $500,000 Investment Scam A former investment adviser swindled four elderly New Jersey customers out of $529,780 that he used for gambling, meals and car payments, state authorities said. Three of the victims conned by Mario E. Rivero, Jr. were elderly siblings who had eighth-grade educations, couldn't speak or read English and had "diminished capacity," Acting New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said on Monday, March 14. Rivero -- who'd known the siblings for more than 10 years before becoming their financial professional -- told them and others that their money "would be invested in his mother's and fr…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500 Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500
Paterson Vice: Patrons Scatter At Barber Shop Turned Gambling Den, Illegal Nightspot Draws 500 Patrons of a barber shop turned after-hours gambling den scattered in all directions -- some of them stuffing cash into their pockets as they fled -- during a raid by members of Paterson's vice squad, authorities said. Meanwhile, in an industrial area on the city's south side, police responding to a large fight discovered a warehouse that they said two Glen Rock women had illegally converted into an event space -- complete with bar, DJ and no fewer than 500 patrons. Detectives who raided the 9J Barber Shop on Park Avenue seized $1,943 while arresting Maximo Beltray, 51, on charges of promot…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say
High-Living Ex-Bergen Stockbroker Arrested By IRS For Ducking $4.3M In Taxes, Feds Say A disgraced stockbroker from Bergen County was arrested Thursday by IRS agents who said he lived the high life while shortchanging Uncle Sam $4.3 million. Jason Kronick, 48, of Woodcliff Lake made headlines after he was fired from one job for alleged “unauthorized trading and unauthorized positions,” then resigned from after allegedly omitting $330,000 in judgments against him on his job application. Kronick, who eventually filed for bankruptcy, earned $20 million during tax years 2008 through 2010, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig said Thursday. Honig said Kronick: used roughly $1.…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
Feds: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gambled Away Investor’s $2.4M In Phony Eagles Season Tix Scheme Feds: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gambled Away Investor’s $2.4M In Phony Eagles Season Tix Scheme
Feds: Ex-South Jersey Lawyer Gambled Away Investor’s $2.4M In Phony Eagles Season Tix Scheme A disgraced South Jersey attorney with a confessed gambling habit was busted by federal agents for conning an investor out of $2.4 million in a loan scheme involving supposed Philadelphia Eagles season ticket holders, authorities said. Frank N. Tobolsky, 59, of Cherry Hill told the Delaware investor he was funding loans for clients using season ticket licenses as collateral, an indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Camden says. There were no clients, it says. Tobolsky gambled “a substantial portion” of the money at Atlantic City casinos, among other personal uses, Acting U.S. Attor…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
JACKPOT: Atlantic City Gambler Wins $1.1 Million On $5 Bet Then Dishes Out $50K Tip To Dealers JACKPOT: Atlantic City Gambler Wins $1.1 Million On $5 Bet Then Dishes Out $50K Tip To Dealers
Jackpot: Atlantic City Gambler Wins $1.1 Million On $5 Bet Then Dishes Out $50K Tip To Dealers A New Jersey poker player who gambled just $5 and won a staggering $1.1 million paid it forward by dishing out a generous $50,000 tip to dealers. Monmouth County resident Frank Nagy won the jackpot during a trip to the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, NJ.com reports. Afterward, Nagy offered $50,000 to the dealers working at the casino, where he is a longtime player, the outlet reports. Nagy’s payout is the highest jackpot on a game of progressive poker in the history of Caesars Entertainment, Tropicana’s parent company. The last jackpot win occurred in August 2019, the report says.

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PARTY'S OVER: Newark Police Bust Women Accused Of Throwing Illegal 200-Person Warehouse Banger PARTY'S OVER: Newark Police Bust Women Accused Of Throwing Illegal 200-Person Warehouse Banger
Party'S Over: Newark Police Bust Women Accused Of Throwing Illegal 200-Person Warehouse Banger A pair of Newark women were arrested for running an illegal bar and throwing a 200-person party complete with gambling amid the COVID-19 pandemic, authorities said. Detectives from the Newark Police Division’s Vice Crimes Task Force investigated reports of a large party at a warehouse located at 6 Libella Ct., where two women were selling alcoholic beverages from behind a makeshift bar around midnight Sunday, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. More than 200 patrons were eating, drinking alcohol and participating in illegal gambling in the middle of the COVID-19 pand…

SHARE

by Cecilia Levine
News
Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore
Feds: New Mob Regime Ran Sports Bets, Extorted Victims, Sold Drugs From Philly To Jersey Shore The mob didn't disappear from Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore after former leaders Joseph Ligambi and Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino were sent to prison, federal authorities revealed Monday. Over the past five years, in fact, new leadership of the Philly and Atlantic City La Cosa Nostra beefed up the ranks, commanding illegal sports gambling, extorting victims through loansharking, selling cocaine, heroin and opioids -- even conspiring to kidnap a drug dealer who sold them bad dope, they said. Fifteen reputed mobsters and associates of the organized crime family were charged in a …

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Man Who Killed His Parents Then Went Gambling With Their Money Gets 41 Years Behind Bars NJ Man Who Killed His Parents Then Went Gambling With Their Money Gets 41 Years Behind Bars
NJ Man Who Killed His Parents Then Went Gambling With Their Money Gets 41 Years Behind Bars A Warren County man who killed both of his 73-year-old parents then gambled with their money at the casino where he was taken into custody will spend more than 40 years behind bars, authorities said. Todd Warner, 51, was sentenced Tuesday to 36 years for two counts each of first-degree murder, Warren County Prosecutor James L. Pfeiffer said. The sentences run concurrently to each other but consecutive to a five-year sentence for fraudulent use of a credit card, Pfeiffer said. Warner on Sept. 16 pleaded guilty to hitting his parents -- Frank and Joyanne Warner -- with baseball bats, try…

SHARE

by Valerie Musson
News
Small Bets Produce Big $1.3M Win For Plumber At Atlantic City Casino Small Bets Produce Big $1.3M Win For Plumber At Atlantic City Casino
Small Bets Produce Big $1.3M Win For Plumber At Atlantic City Casino Playing cards is a little different than fixing pipes, a South Jersey plumber-turned-millionaire found in Atlantic City. Small bets made the difference this week when the Atlantic County resident and HVAC contractor hit a $1.3 million royal flush mega jackpot.  James, whose last name was withheld for privacy reasons, left the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino as an instant millionaire, Atlantic City casino officials said. The local plumber was making progressive $5 bets in an ultimate Texas Hold'em card game when he won the mega jackpot, reports said. “It is surreal to have hit a $1.3 mil…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Business
The House Gets Lucky: Atlantic City Casinos Reopen As Coronavirus Wanes The House Gets Lucky: Atlantic City Casinos Reopen As Coronavirus Wanes
The House Gets Lucky: Atlantic City Casinos Reopen As Coronavirus Wanes No smoking. No drinking. No indoor dining. Well, at least there is gambling.  After closing in mid-March due to the coronavirus, Atlantic City's nine casinos will start reopening this week.  It's only the fifth time in the 42-year history of legalized gambling in Atlantic City casinos were shuttered due to a crisis -- and the longest shutdown. The city's casinos were ordered closed March 16 by Gov. Phil Murphy as part of vast restrictions on businesses to stop the spread of the coronavirus. A gradual reopening that begins Thursday retains severe limits on socializing,: Casinos c…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
News
COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos COVID-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos
Covid-19: Lights Out For Atlantic City Casinos Atlantic City casinos are among the latest victims of coronavirus. It's only the fifth time in the 42-year history of legalized gambling in Atlantic City that the casinos will be closed indefinitely due to a crisis. The city's nine casinos were ordered closed as of 8 p.m. Monday by Gov. Phil Murphy as part of vast restrictions on businesses to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Previously, Atlantic City casinos shut down: For five days during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, For three days as Hurricane Irene approached in 2011, For a state government shutdown in 2006 that closed the casinos for…

SHARE

by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000
Monmouth County Man Admits Running Pre-Legal Sports Betting Ring, Ponies Up $80,000 Before sports betting was legal in New Jersey, a Monmouth County man had his own action going -- and it's costing him now. John Dougherty, 55, of Keyport told a federal judge in Newark last month that he and an unidentified conspirator operated an online gambling ring for more than six years. Dougherty had his own group of bettors who, with his partner's knowledge and assistance, got access to a sport betting website with their own usernames and passwords, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. The associate funded the winnings and split the proceeds from the lost bets with Dougherty, Carpeni…

SHARE

by Jon Craig