1. Golden Tiger Casino – accusations of withholding winnings and unethical business practices.

2. Maxima Casino – confiscation of winnings and no response from cashiers when prompted for assistance.

3. Absolute Poker – internal management cheating poker scandal that ripped off hundreds of players.

4. Atlantic Lounge Online Casino – only the owner can cut a check and he is always out of the country.

5. Trump Casino Group – Unethical business practices including spam issues. Most came from an affiliate.

6. Virtual Casino Group – Rogue software and late or missing payments to winners.

7. African Palace Casino – failure of payment and too many unresponsive customer complaints.

8. Atlantic Vegas Casino – has no licence for operating and has an unknown jurisdiction.

9. Golden Galley Casino – failure of payments and ridiculous excuses that change their story.

10. Ixcasino – rogue software that can be manipulated by the casino. They even draw to 21 on a hard 17.

The blogosphere and online betting were made for one another. Concerned gamblers pay attention to the industry’s ongoing legal developments; many write blogs, some with a sound journalistic basis. On the flip side, online books are populated by betting blogs – again, some with a sound journalistic basis.

Online betting and blogging are information markets. There is no physical product being offered; information and money change hands, but no merchandise. Knowledge is power, and there are sharp bloggers as well as handicappers. They play fantasy sports, they bet online, and they’re good at it because they’re informed.

Both blogs and online sports betting thrive in the 24-hour media world. Information has to be captured, sorted, and just as quickly forgotten once the game starts, because it’s old news. Except when the news is about the industry itself. Conventional sports media treat gambling as a vice; it’s up to bloggers to provide the other half of the story.

The man who goes by Mr. Ye, who was known to shell out millions in Las Vegas is a big name in the gambling scene and is now the protagonist of a global manhunt. This cash that he has been throwing down supposedly could have come from illegal drugs.

Even though Ye is a high roller he’s a fugitive now. Ye is under strong suspicion of moving large amounts of chemicals originating from Asia to Mexico. He is also alleged to have links in the Mexican mafia.

Law officials claim that this lucrative yet illegal business is what has been permitting Mr. Ye to live as large as he does. When authorities searched mansion in Mexico City a few months ago they found stacks of $100 bills everywhere. The place was literally flooded with money and was hidden in places from suitcases to cabinets to even inside the walls.

This became the biggest seized amount in relation to drugs in Mexico with the total amount coming to $207 million.

The home belonged to Zhenli Ye Gon, a Chinese born businessman who became a Mexican citizen back in the 90s. He’s now a wanted man in 180 countries. Interpol and the Drug Enforcement Administration are looking for him. If they had only been in Las Vegas a few months ago, they could have nabbed him with ease.

The month of December has a few good events in Vegas. To start the month the Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic WPT events run from Nov. 27 to Dec. 18. The main event is a $15,000 buy-in and should have a real big prize pool. At the Venetian there will be a $15,000 buy-in NPL World Championship Event from Dec. 3 to 5.

Other annual events this month include the National Championship Rodeo Finals. Competitors from all over the world will gather at the Thomas Mack Center for all the bucking. Van Halen will be playing live in concert on Dec. 28th and 30th, and Larry the Cable Guy will perform on Dec. 15th at the Orleans Arena.

UFC 79 is set to go down on the 29th of Dec. That card will feature a rematch of Matt Hughes and Georges St. Pierre plus Wanderlei Silva vs. Chuck Liddell.