3799 stories by Philip Conneller
TonyBet Slapped with £442K Fine for ‘Unfair’ Withdrawal Conditions
European online sportsbook TonyBet has been fined £442,750 (US$547,000) by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for “unfair” conditions in its small print that could have been designed to frustrate player withdrawals. The regulator said Wednesday it imposed the fine for the company’s...
Alvin Chau, Fallen Suncity ‘Junket King’ Gets 18 Years in Prison
Alvin Chau, once one of the most powerful men in Macau’s gambling industry, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Wednesday for 162 charges of fraud, illegal gambling, and criminal association. As chairman and CEO of now-defunct Macau mega-junket Suncity, the...
Mike Postle: Beau Rivage Casino Freezes Accused Poker Cheat’s Winnings
Alleged poker cheater Mike Postle made an unexpected comeback with a seventh-place finish in the Million Dollar Heater Main Event in Biloxi, Miss. on Monday. But he may not get to keep the $32,703 first prize. That’s because two poker players have...
Accused Poker Cheater Mike Postle Makes Final Table Using Alias
Mike Postle has been lying low since he was publicly accused of cheating in a lawsuit brought by 88 fellow poker players. But over the weekend, he turned up at the Beau Rivage Hotel and Casino in Biloxi, Miss., to play the...
Party Drug Ketamine to be Studied as Treatment for Problem Gambling
Drugs and gambling generally make terrible bedfellows. But research will soon begein to study the effects of the horse anesthetic turned illegal party drug, ketamine, on problem gamblers. Academics from the University of Exeter in England are working on the theory the...
Cosa Nostra’s ‘Last Godfather,’ Matteo Messina Denaro, Arrested in Sicily
Matteo Messina Denaro, Italy’s most wanted Mafia figure, has been arrested in the Sicilian capital, Palermo, after more than three decades on the run. Messina Denaro is alleged to be the boss of the Cosa Nostra, the secretive Sicilian criminal society that...
Steve Wynn RICO Suit Alleging Judicial Corruption Junked by Appeals Court
A lawsuit accusing Steve Wynn, Wynn Resorts, and others of racketeering and attempting to corrupt the judicial process has been dismissed by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals. The plaintiff’s attorney says he plans to appeal to the US Supreme Court....
Karen Carter Peterson, Ex-Louisiana State Senator, Gets Prison for $140K Gambling Fraud
Former Louisiana state senator Karen Carter Peterson was sentenced to 22 months in a federal prison Wednesday. The ex-lawmaker pleaded guilty last August to plundering $140K from the state Democratic Party and her own campaign fund to feed a crippling gambling addiction....
Arsenal Game Investigated by FA for Spot-Fixing After Sketchy Betting Patterns
England’s Football Association (FA) has launched an investigation into suspicious betting patterns that occurred around Monday’s FA Cup Third Round match between EPL league leaders Arsenal and Oxford United. Specifically, the probe is focused on a yellow card that was picked up...
Levo Chan Trial Heats Up as Macau Judge Loses It with Tak Chun Witness
There was drama in the trial of Tak Chun boss Levo Chan in Macau this week. On Tuesday, the junket kingpin, who is facing charges of illegal gambling, money laundering, and the formation of a criminal syndicate, was forced to leave the...
