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Philip Conneller
4270 stories by Philip Conneller
Elon Musk’s X Accuses Duel.com Founder of $300K Bribe Attempt, Account Takeovers
X Corp. has accused crypto gambling entrepreneur Ossi Ketola and Duel.com of repeatedly bribing its employees and contractors as part of an elaborate campaign to seize valuable usernames, restore suspended accounts, and target rivals and...
Michigan Tribal Casino Payments Plunge 71% as Gambling Expansion Tests Exclusivity Deals
Michigan Native American tribes are increasingly withholding casino revenue-share payments from the state, arguing that Michigan’s expansion of gambling has undermined the exclusivity they were promised under their gaming compacts. The Island Resort & Casino...
Illegal Sites Surge as Shock Brazil Gambling Ban Faces Supreme Court Challenge
Hundreds of previously undetected illegal betting websites have surfaced in Brazil since President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva abruptly banned online gambling on Friday (September 25). Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes the...
Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River Dealer to Plead Guilty in $132K Craps Cheating Scheme
A former Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River casino dealer has agreed to plead guilty to participating in a craps cheating scheme that cost the North Carolina tribal casino more than $131,000 in a matter of hours....
Crown Resorts Sues Insurer Over A$72.5M Casino Scandal Settlement
Australian casino giant Crown Resorts is suing an insurer it claims should help cover an A$72.5 million shareholder class-action settlement linked to its money laundering and governance scandals. Crown agreed to pay A$72.5 million to...
Florida Demands Google, Meta, TikTok Stop Sweepstakes Casino Ads
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has written to five of the world’s biggest online platforms to demand they stop advertising sweepstakes casinos to state residents. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier speaking at the Governor DeSantis...
Brazil Drops Betting Bombshell, Pulls Plug on Regulated Market
Brazil has abruptly pulled the plug on its regulated online gambling market less than two years after its launch, ordering licensed sportsbooks and online casinos to shut down and leaving operators facing the loss of...
AI Agents Secretly Colluded to Count Cards in Blackjack Experiment
Artificial intelligence agents successfully used coded table talk to secretly share card-counting information during blackjack games, in a new study that effectively recreated the methods of traditional blackjack teams. Appropriately enough, an AI-generated illustration depicts...
Hacker Behind Curaçao ‘Casino Secrets’ Leak Claims Victory in MGA Court Battle
A German activist and hacker who breached the systems of the gaming authorities of Malta and Curaçao said Friday (September 25) that a new court judgment allows her to use documents she obtained from the...
$4.6M Child Modeling Fraudster Blew Stolen Cash on Gambling, Taylor Swift Tickets
A Michigan photographer who admitted swindling a family out of more than $4.6 million in a bogus child-modeling scheme and spending “significant sums” gambling has been sentenced to five years in federal prison. Convicted fraudster...
