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Bing Du, a highly-rated player on the poker circuit, has been accused of operating an alleged illicit brothel from a home in Las Vegas. 
She was arrested on October 27 by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) while participating in a poker tournament at a major Strip casino. 
Bing Du, who has appeared at major events such as the World Series of Poker (WSOP), is facing charges of money laundering and pandering, following a police sting earlier this year.
Metro police officers probed online ads for suspected prostitution, with conversations leading to an undercover officer being offered a massage and sex for $200.
Further surveillance around the home in the Spring Valley neighborhood revealed ongoing activity, while legal documents detailed “men arriving to the residence and leaving after staying 30 minutes to an hour.”
As reported by KLAS, the police investigation included a scan of financial records and searches of businesses and properties linked to Du, but no clarity was provided on how many premises are connected to the overall situation. 
The poker player’s bank accounts “were primarily funded by cash deposits and peer-to-peer payments, according to police, while the search of a property of interest showed “rooms (with) numbers on the door with multiple mattresses directly on the ground” and business cards adorned with the line, “Asian beauties for discreet gentlemen.”
Bing Du makes admission on “prostitution services” at the property
Police documents also listed the findings from combing through trash, with large amounts of condoms and wrappers found. Other items present indicated the property was being used as an illegal brothel, according to documents.
Licensed brothels are actually legal in parts of Nevada, with State law stipulating that counties with more than 700,000 people are prohibited from hosting such venues. 
Clark County (which contains Spring Valley) has around 2.4 million residents.
Bing Du is said to have told police officers she was aware that tenants “were providing prostitution services” at the home, and she was paid to “basically turn a blind eye on what the tenants were doing at the residence.
A second individual is facing similar charges related to operating the alleged brothel at the same location.
Elsewhere in Las Vegas, a solicitor has entered a plea agreement as part of a $460M Ponzi case involving over a thousand victims.
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U.S. Senator Katie Britt has led a bipartisan effort urging the Department of Justice to take immediate action against illegal offshore gaming operations, amid serious concerns about the extent to which the youth are using these gambling platforms and the lack of protections for players.
Alabama Senator Katie Britt penned the letter, alongside 11 bipartisan colleagues, to Attorney General Pam Bondi, “regarding the concerning use of illegal offshore gaming operations by America’s youth, and to ask the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to take action to protect young people from these illegal gaming operations.”

Proud to lead a bipartisan group of Senators and encourage the DOJ to combat illegal offshore gaming operations, which are the main culprit behind the alarming rise of illegal sports betting among our youth. We have the tools to stop it and we must use them.…
— Senator Katie Boyd Britt (@SenKatieBritt) October 27, 2025

The official letter from the Senate went on to detail how the illicit offshore operations “allow minors to engage in unregulated sports betting and gaming with no oversight, unlike legal domestic gaming operations. 
It was further stated that “these illegal offshore gaming operations expose young people to numerous harms, including by permitting them to gamble without age verification, on credit, and offering no resources for gambling addictions.”
Previous attempt to encourage shutdown of illegal offshore gaming operations
Beyond conveying their concerns about the increasing use of these illicit gambling services by young people, the Senators requested specific feedback on four issues, including a report on how many illegal offshore gaming operations have been successfully targeted by the DOJ. 
The letter also requested more information, a “comprehensive assessment” on what resources or legal tools the DOJ may lack in taking effective enforcement against the illegal operators.
Attorney Bondi was also reminded of the communication from 50 state attorneys general earlier this year, urging full use of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act to shut down access to illicit offshore gaming operations.
Meanwhile, in Missouri, a newly proposed class action lawsuit has been filed, which claims that the online gambling site Stake.us, influencer Adin Ross, and Canadian rapper Aubrey “Drake” Graham were running an illegal online casino.
The class action case aims to hold Ross and Drake liable for members’ gambling losses.
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