3058 stories by Philip Conneller
Poker Player Scott Robbins Sues Borgata Over ‘Suicide Joke’
Poker player Scott Robbins is suing the Borgata Atlantic City after casino staff banned him for life over a joke he made about jumping out of his hotel room window. Robbins wants $1.2 million in potential lost earnings, arguing that Borgata management’s...
England’s Racetracks, Casinos Go Full Capacity, Restrictions Lifted
On Monday, England’s racetracks and casinos were free to open at full capacity for the first time since March 2020. On the same day, the CDC warned US citizens not to travel to the country because of the “very high” prevalence of...
China Online Gambling, Fraud Crackdown Causes Mayhem on COVID-19 Stricken Myanmar Border
China’s most recent crackdown on online fraud and gambling is causing havoc on its border with Myanmar (Burma). That's amid a COVID-19 outbreak in that country, The South China Morning Post reports. Myanmar’s semi-autonomous border regions of Muse, Kokang, Wa State, and...
Tyson Causes Fury Over Las Vegas Casino Walkabout After Covid Test
Two-time world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been spotted out and about in Las Vegas this week, despite a recent positive coronavirus test. It was widely reported on July 9 that the British boxer had contracted Covid after an outbreak at...
Sega Sued for $5M Over ‘Rigged’ Key Master Arcade Games
Japanese video games giant Sega is facing a proposed $5 million class-action lawsuit over the arcade machine Key Master, which alleges the game is "rigged" against players. Key Master machines operate along similar principles to claw crane machines. But instead of using...
Macau Bans Pro-Democracy Pols as Gambling Hub Cuddles Up to Beijing
Macau’s electoral commission has disqualified 21 pro-democracy candidates from forthcoming elections, leading to concerns about Beijing’s creeping control over the world’s biggest gambling hub. The commission announced that the loyalty of the candidates was “in doubt” and that the decision was being...
Bot Traffic Doubled During Euro 2020, Sportsbook Takeover Attacks Rampant
Bot traffic on global sports sites almost doubled during the UEFA Euro 2020 soccer championships, which culminated last Sunday in Italy’s penalty win against England. That’s according to California-based cyber-security expert Imperva Research Labs, which recorded a 96 percent increase, year on...
Poker Player Talon White Heads To Prison For Movie Piracy
Poker player Talon White has been sentenced to 12 months in a federal prison after admitting to operating subscription-based websites that illegally streamed thousands of copyright-protected movies and television shows to users. The Newport, Oregon native, 31, listed his occupation as “professional...
Mohegan Sun Drops Lawsuit Against NHL’s Ottawa Senators Owner Eugene Melnyk
Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun casino has dropped a million-dollar lawsuit against Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk. The lawsuit alleged the Canadian had stiffed the casino out of $900,000 in unpaid markers, The Day reports. Mohegan Sun sued Melnyk, a pharmaceutical billionaire, in the...
Flutter Entertainment Sells Oddschecker to US Private Equity Firm for $218 Million
Dublin-based Flutter Entertainment has agreed to sell its sports betting odds comparison site, Oddschecker, to Bruin Capital for up to $218 million. The US private equity firm said Monday it plans to repackage the largely UK-facing site for the emerging American sports...
