Main menu
Philip Conneller
4176 stories by Philip Conneller
NBA Calls for Federal Sports Betting Regulations After Jontay Porter Scandal
The NBA wants a nationwide federal regulatory framework for sports betting to replace oversight by individual state agencies. The league’s Deputy Commissioner and COO Mark Tatum made the comments in a video call to reporters...
Ex-Deutsche Bank Associate Gets Prison for $1.5M Crypto Scam
A former Deutsche Bank investment banker has been sentenced to three years and five months in prison for orchestrating a “Ponzi-like” crypto fraud scheme that hit investors for $1.5 million. Rashawn Russell, 28, of Brooklyn,...
Beau Rivage Casino Would ‘Put Victim Back Together,’ Deranged Killer Hoped
A Biloxi, Miss. man who stabbed a stranger 30 times, partially dismembering him and severing his arm, was caught as he attempted to haul his victim’s lifeless body to the nearby Beau Rivage Casino. The...
Chicago Slots Salesman Who Sued ‘Are We Dating the Same Guy?’ Imprisoned for Tax Evasion
A Chicago-area sweepstakes-machine salesman who sued Facebook and dozens of women from the “Are We Dating the Same Guy?” (AWDTSG) Facebook group has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for tax evasion. In...
Philippines POGO Industry Under Threat After ‘Chinese Agent’ Fracas
A bill freshly filed in the Philippine Senate calls for the dismantling of the country’s controversial online gambling (or “POGO”) industry, citing its links to cases of human trafficking and online scams. A POGO, which...
Gambler Faces Prison for Stealing from ‘Thunderbirds’ Writer-Director
A care provider in the UK who prosecutors claim stole £75K (US$95K) from an Emmy Award-winning writer and director to feed his addiction to lottery tickets has failed to have his guilty plea vacated. Allan...
Macau Fraudsters Bilked Casino for $580K with Baccarat Cold Decks
Five employees of an unnamed casino on Macau’s Cotai Strip are accused of orchestrating a scam involving stacked baccarat decks that bilked the venue out of HK$4.54 million (US$581,498). On May 25, Macau’s judiciary police...
Malta Regulator Sentenced for Leaking Secrets to Suspect in Journalist Murder Case
Malta’s former chief gaming regulator, Heathcliffe Farrugia, has been convicted of leaking official secrets to the casino owner suspected of organizing the car-bomb assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia. On Tuesday, Farrugia was sentenced to...
Ex-Toronto City Official Linked to Gambling Ring Run by Ex-Hells Angels Hitman
A veteran Toronto city official has denied being a member of a Greek organized crime group allegedly run by former Hells Angels hitman, The Toronto Star reports. Kypros Perikleous, 55, was a senior director of...
FanDuel Founders’ $120M Suit Over Flutter Deal Revived in New York
The New York State Court of Appeals has revived a lawsuit brought by FanDuel’s founders against a powerful group of current shareholders. In 2018, FanDuel merged with the Anglo-Irish gambling group Paddy Power Betfair in...
