3058 stories by Philip Conneller
Seminoles Vow to Fight DraftKings and FanDuel Florida Sports Betting Ballot Push
The Seminole Tribe of Florida on Monday dismissed a sports betting initiative backed by DraftKings and FanDuel as a “Hail Mary” from “interfering” out-of-state corporations. The two online betting giants are bankrolling a petition drive that aims to legalize sports wagering via...
MGM Resorts Unveils Mega Solar Array Project to Power 13 Las Vegas Strip Casinos
On Monday, MGM Resorts International switched on its 100-megawatt solar park, the largest developed by a company in the hospitality industry. The Mega Solar Array project lies across 640 acres in the desert northeast of Las Vegas and will provide power to...
Playboy Poker Player, Fraudster Arnaud Mimran Gets 13 Years for Kidnapping
The French fraudster, socialite and high-stakes poker player Arnaud Mimran has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for masterminding the 2016 kidnap of a Swiss financier. Mimran was already serving an eight-year sentence for “the swindle of the century,” as it...
Blackjack Players Who Sued Massachusetts Casinos Over ‘Illegal’ Odds Learn House Always Wins
Blackjack players who sued the Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield in Massachusetts ended up with a busted hand at the Supreme Judicial Court this week. The plaintiffs argued the casinos were paying out worse odds than state regulations allowed, thereby illegally...
Online Gaming Super-Hub Malta Graylisted by Global Financial Crimes Watchdog, FATF
Malta was graylisted Wednesday by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a decision that could have far-reaching economic repercussions for one of the world’s foremost online gaming hubs. The tiny Mediterranean-island state reluctantly finds itself on a list that includes Yemen, Syria,...
Michigan Woman Sues BetMGM Over $3M ‘Glitch’ After Five-Day Roulette Session
A Michigan woman who claims she spun an initial $50 stake into $11 million playing an online roulette game at BetMGM is suing the casino giant for failing to pay up. Jacqueline Davis, from Detroit, claims she played the “Luck O’ Roulette”...
Ex-NASCAR Driver Hermie Sadler Sues Virginia Gov Over Skill Gaming Ban
Former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler is suing Ralph Northam, the governor of his native Virginia, over the state’s impending ban on skill games. Sadler owns several truck stops and restaurants in and around his hometown of Emporia in southern Virginia and is...
London Marketing Firm Called Out Over Controversial EPL ‘White-Label’ Sponsorship Deals
A London-based marketing agency has been criticized for brokering deals between elite soccer teams and betting companies. The betting firms allegedly want to use the global reach of Europe’s top leagues as a springboard to target illegal markets. SportQuake proclaims on its...
Last San Diego Card Room, Lucky Lady, Folds Hand After More Than 40 Years
San Diego’s Lucky Lady has closed permanently, marking the end of the city’s once-thriving card room industry. The club’s octogenarian owner, Stanley Penn, quietly sold the club last month to the Family Health Centers of San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports....
Hong Kong Police Bust Huge Wo Shing Wo Triad Betting Operation
Police in Hong Kong say they have dismantled a triad-controlled gambling ring and seized the largest number of illegal betting records tied to a single operation in a decade. According to a police source who spoke to The South China Morning Post,...
