For decades, the five mafia families of New York—the Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese clans—operated under a ...

The high-profile heist at the Louvre in Paris on Oct 19, 2025, played out like a scene from a Hollywood movie: a gang of ...

A quiet morning in Manhattan’s West Village turned violent Monday when an armed robber targeted an 87-year-old woman in what ...

And there is already evidence that college students who aren’t athletes are using student loan money to place bets, and a 2023 NCAA survey found that 14 percent of U.S. 18- to 22-year-olds bet at ...

The evidence is in. The explosive growth in sports betting is creating despair, raising rates of bankruptcies, suicides.

The fanciful story begins in the 1860s after a man storytellers called Charles Congelier arrived in Pittsburgh and built a brick mansion at 1129 Ridge Ave. Allegedly, Congelier built his mansion atop ...

The NCAA picked a hell of a week to get into the gambling business, didn’t it?

When longtime boss Nicky Scarfo's reign fell in the late 1980s, the Philly mob was in need of a new leader. The Five Families ...

Federal indictments allege the NBA's gambling scandal spans years. Here's a timeline of events that led to the arrest of ...

For decades, New York’s Mafia acted like rival hedge funds, each guarding its own market share. Now, they’re more like a network of family offices pooling capital, technology, and muscle for shared ...

In a pair of federal indictments and a splashy press conference, FBI director Kash Patel portrayed a seedy underworld lurking just below the surface of professional sports. Betting and mafia alums see ...

Chauncey Billups earned a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame a year ago, recognizing his resilience and clutch play in a ...