3047 stories by Philip Conneller
Riverboat Casinos Sue Scientific Games Over ‘Illegal’ Shuffler Monopoly
Two Midwest riverboat casinos are suing Scientific Games (SG) over claims the gaming supply giant fraudulently monopolized the market in automated card shufflers. The suit claims they did so by strangling competition with “sham lawsuits.” Casino Queen, of East St Louis, Ill.,...
Steve Wynn Defamation Lawsuit Vs. Lisa Bloom Can Proceed, Says Federal Appeals Court
Former casino king Steve Wynn can resume his lawsuit against high-profile attorney Lisa Bloom for defamation, after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court’s decision not to dismiss the case. The Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned that the...
California Crossed the Line in Tribal Casino Compact Negotiations, Says Federal Judge
The state of California overstepped the mark during casino compact negotiations by demanding tribal enforcement of state laws, a federal judge in Fresno has ruled. The San Francisco Chronicle reports US District Judge Anthony Ishii said the state would have to give...
Star Entertainment Can Chase Asian Bookie’s $32.7M Debt in Aussie Court
Australia’s Star Entertainment Group has won the right to pursue an A$43 million (US$32.7 million) gambling debt in Queensland’s Supreme Court. On Wednesday, Justice Thomas Bradley tossed an application to dismiss the case by the lawyers of “Dr” Wong Yew Choy. Wong...
Bet365 Founder Denise Coates Gets Flak for $648 Million 2020 Pay Packet
Bet365 founder and joint-CEO Denise Coates is no longer just the UK’s highest-paid woman, or even its highest-paid executive, as she was in 2019, 2018, and 2017. The news that in 2020 she received a nosebleed-inducing £469 million ($648 million) makes her...
Chastened Crown Resorts Could Win Back Sydney License Later This Year: Regulator
Crown Resorts could get its Sydney license back this year, according to New South Wales’ chief gaming regulator. Philip Crawford, chairman of the state’s Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), told The Australian newspaper that reinstatement in the second half of 2021...
Wynn Resorts to Pay Dealers $5.6M, Resolving 15-Year Feud Over Tips
Wynn Resorts has agreed to pay $5.6 million to around 1,000 current and former dealers at its Las Vegas properties, ending a dispute about tips that has bounced from courtroom to courtroom for the past 15 years. The settlement was reached with...
DraftKings Teams Up with WWE Ahead of Wrestlemania 37 Despite Betting Restrictions
DraftKings and World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. (WWE) have inked a deal that will see the Boston-based sports betting and DFS company become the sports entertainment brand’s “official gaming partner.” DraftKings chief business officer Ezra Kucharz said Monday that the partnership will help...
Grand Casino Tycoon: New Strategy Sim Let’s You Design, Operate Casino
A new video game from deep-simulation specialist Aerosoft and developer stillalive studios offers players the chance to own and manage a virtual casino. Grand Casino Tycoon will be available from May 20 on the Steam platform. It’s not the first time gamers...
Global Gaming Sues Philippine Billionaire Enrique Razon in New York for US$296.6M
Las Vegas-based Global Gaming Asset Management (GGAM) is suing the Philippines’ second-richest man in a federal court in New York in a claim for hundreds of millions of dollars The casino development and gaming management company has Bloomberry Resorts chairman Enrique Razon...
