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Philip Conneller
4351 stories by Philip Conneller
$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...
$320M Powerball Hopeful John Cheeks Still Fighting for Website Error Jackpot
A Washington, D.C., man who claims he was denied a $320 million Powerball jackpot after his numbers came up on the lottery’s website is still fighting for compensation nearly four years later. Cheeks’s ticket appeared...
Portland Woman Accused of Killing Boyfriend Over $3,200 Lottery Win
A Portland woman is accused of running over and killing her boyfriend after a dispute over his $3,200 lottery win escalated in an apartment parking lot. Mary Ann McKinzy, 55, is accused of running over...
Florida Woman Behind $24M Illegal Gambling Op Seeks to Gut RICO Case
The owner of a Florida slots parlor accused of operating a $24 million illegal gambling enterprise is asking a judge to throw out the most serious charges against her, arguing prosecutors have dressed up a...
Montana Lottery’s Intralot Deal Faces Scrutiny Over Withheld Emails
Montana lawmakers are questioning why the state’s lottery director, Bob Brown, is refusing to give auditors access to some emails linked to a lucrative contract with gambling technology supplier Intralot, The Independent Record reports. A...
$167M Powerball Winner Arrested for Fifth Time Since Hitting Jackpot
A Kentucky man who won a life-changing $167.3 million Powerball jackpot last year has failed to turn his life around. James Farthing, above, pictured in one of a handful of mugshots taken since he won...
Churchill Downs, NYRA Fight ‘Rigged’ Horse Betting Pools RICO Lawsuit
Some of the biggest names in US horse racing are fighting a lawsuit that accuses them of giving sophisticated computer-assisted gamblers an unfair advantage over ordinary bettors in supposedly neutral pari-mutuel pools. Churchill Downs during...
Trump-Linked Firm Says Ex-CFO Gambled $29M on Slots at Hard Rock
A former executive at a social media firm with close ties to President Donald Trump spent 200 days gambling at a South Florida Hard Rock casino in a single year, allegedly feeding $29 million of...
Curaçao Hacker Threatens to Expose Owners Behind Hundreds of Offshore Casinos
A cyberattack disclosed last week by the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) was carried out by a self-proclaimed “white hat” hacker who previously breached the Malta Gaming Authority’s (MGA) systems. German hacker and cybersecurity researcher Lilith...
Feds Warned California Tribe Ahead of Casino Opening That Closed After Six Days
The federal government says a California tribe opened a short-lived casino despite repeated warnings that its legal authority to operate was under review. A digital rendering of the Scotts Valley Tribe’s proposed $700 million casino...
