3702 stories by Philip Conneller
We Asked Artificial Intelligence to Write a World Cup Betting Article. Are We Out of Our Jobs?
ChatGPT is an openly accessible artificial intelligence chatbot that has had people FREAKING OUT since its launch last month. That's thanks to its ability to give convincing, human-like answers to all manner of questions. The Harvard Business Review believes it has demonstrated...
Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun a ‘Scapegoat,’ Munich Court Hears
Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun's attorney said Monday it's an “absurd” notion that his client was part of a “gang” that concocted a massive fraud. It was alleged they conned investors in the now-insolvent fintech giant. Braun is on trial in Munich...
Malta Casino Tycoon Accused of Murder Won’t be Tried Based on First Police Interview
Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese casino magnate accused of masterminding the 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has made a small gain ahead of his trial. A judge in the Maltese capital of Valetta ruled that the first statement Fenech made to...
Massachusetts Lottery ‘Ten-Percenters’ Guilty of Tax Fraud
A father and son who “won” the Massachusetts Lottery more than 14,000 times have been convicted of tax fraud and money laundering. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, Mass., were among the most prolific lottery winners in the...
Dana White: James Krause Match-Fixing ‘Possible’ and ‘Huge Concern’ for UFC
UFC boss Dana White has admitted that match-fixing is a “huge concern” for his company. The president of the MMA giant told ESPN that it “could be possible” that match-fixing occurred in the controversial November 5 fight between Darrick Minner and Shayilan...
New Mashpee Chair Charged with Theft from Museum
Police in Plymouth, Mass. have charged the chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe in with the theft of four artifacts from a local museum, The Mashpee Enterprise reports. Brian Weeden, 30, who is also the head of the tribe’s gaming commission, and...
‘Psychic’ Gamblers Bilked Woman Out of $3M in ‘Cursed’ Money
Two gambling Miami “fortune tellers” conned a gullible victim out of more than $3 million by claiming her money was “cursed” and would have to be “spiritually cleansed” via a special healing ritual. Even more incredibly, the unnamed victim was a financial...
Macau Casinos Get Special Gaming Zones to Boost Foreigners
Macau’s casinos will establish designated gaming zones and issue special gambling chips for foreigners, the special administrative region’s (SAR) chief regulator said Friday. The move is part of an effort by Macau’s government to increase the number of foreign tourists in the...
Alabama Family That Built Cockfighting ‘Stadium’ Imprisoned
Seven members of an Alabama family have been handed federal prison sentences for operating one of the “largest cockfighting enterprises” in the US, according to the Department of Justice. Three generations of the Easterling family of Verbena, Ala., aged between 25 and...
Mashpee Tribe Victim of Former Chief’s Casino Crimes, US Backs Compensation
The Massachusetts-based Mashpee Tribe of Wampanoag should receive $239,726.94 in restitution for legal costs following the conviction of its former chairman, Cedric Cromwell, on bribery charges. That’s according to a brief filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts...
