3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Aspinalls Wins Case Against ‘Too Drunk to Gamble’ Nightclub Owner
A wealthy gambler who claimed he was plied with 54% proof “Chinese firewater” at a swanky London casino must pay the £600K he lost playing double chance baccarat on the night. Nightclub owner Lester Hui, a longtime VIP member, visited the casino...
Spanish Lottery ‘Good Samaritan’ Faces Prison for Fraud
An A Coruña, Spain, lottery ticket vendor who made headlines around the world in 2013 for an apparent act of kindness was in fact trying to defraud a €4.7 million (US$5.2 million) winner, Spanish prosecutors say. Eleven years ago, Manuel Reija González...
Peoria Tribe Can’t Fine Casino Management Company $2M: Judge
The Peoria tribe of Oklahoma’s gaming commission can't levy a fine of $2 million on a casino management company it accused of “unjust enrichment,” a judge has ruled. Pottawatomie County District Judge John Canavan determined that the gaming commission “lacked jurisdiction” to...
Stanley Hunterton, Scourge of Las Vegas Mob, Dies Age 74
A former federal prosecutor who was instrumental in kicking the mob out of the Las Vegas casino industry has died at age 74. Stanley Hunterton, who devoted most of his legal career to fighting organized crime, passed away in hospice care at...
Poker Star Daniel Negreanu Turns Up at High Schoolers’ Home Game
Most of us wouldn’t welcome a total shark turning up to our friendly home poker game. But for a bunch of Las Vegas high schoolers on Sunday, six-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu’s unexpected presence at their kitchen table game was the...
Mafia Son Follows Father to Prison for Gambling Extortion Racket
Michael Poli has always followed in his father’s footsteps. Like his dad, he became a Mafia associate and helped to run a gambling and extortion racket for New York’s Genovese crime family, according to prosecutors. Now the Mount Pleasant, NY man will...
Potawatomi Suit Defying Waukegan Bid Process Back from the Dead
A lawsuit that cried foul on the bidding process for Illinois’ Waukegan casino license has been revived on appeal and batted back to the lower court for reconsideration. That’s despite the winning bidder opening a temporary casino on the site six months...
Gilgo Beach Suspect ‘Not Connected’ to Atlantic City Killings
Prosecutors in New Jersey's Atlantic County say they've been unable to find a link between the Gilgo Beach killings on New York's Long Island and the murders of four women in Egg Harbor Township in the West Atlantic City area. It was...
Mafia Pasta Sauce Convo Sends Reputed Boss Michael Mancuso to Prison
Reputed Bonanno Mafia boss Michael “Mikey the Nose” Mancuso will be dining on prison food after a wiretapped conversation about pasta sauce helped land him in the soup. It wasn’t the nature of the conversation that got the New York Mafia man...
Dublin Bookmaker Stabbing Led to Miscarriage of Justice
A Dublin, Ireland man convicted in 2017 of taking part in a stabbing inside a betting shop in the Tallaght area of the city was the victim of mistaken identity, The Sunday World reports. Declan Tynan, 33, was sentenced to four years...
