3073 stories by Philip Conneller
Germany’s New Regulated Market for Online Casino, Poker Launches
Germany’s Interstate Treaty on Gambling (ISTG 21) came into force Thursday, ushering in a new era of legally regulated online casino and poker gaming. Previously, Germany had been a gray market for operators, albeit a large and extremely lucrative one. While it...
Gambler Sues Paddy Power Over ‘Misheard’ £286,000 Bet
London’s High Court has agreed to hear the case of a wealthy bettor who claims Paddy Power owes him £286,000 after the stakes of his bet were misheard. In September 2019, James Longley, 44, called Paddy Power’s telephone betting service with the...
Maine Governor Janet Mills Vetoes Tribes Sovereign Gaming Rights Bill
Maine Governor Janet Mills vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed the state’s four federally recognized tribes to offer gaming on their sovereign reservations. The bill, passed by lawmakers in Augusta last month, would have given the tribes the same...
Derek Stevens’ Allegedly Mobbed-Up Uncle Once Cheated Phil Mickelson Out of $500K
Golfer Phil Mickelson was once bilked out of $500,000 by a flamboyant Michigan bookie with close ties to the Detroit Partnership, the local Mob outfit. That’s according to transcripts from the 2007 racketeering trial of alleged Detroit Mafia boss Jack “Jackie the...
Investors in Doomed Foxwoods Philadelphia Project Can’t Recoup $50M License Fee
Investors in a failed Philadelphia casino project cannot recover the $50 million they paid for a license they never used because a gaming license is a privilege and not property. That’s the final word from a panel of Third Circuit appellate judges,...
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,...
