3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Chelsea Favorite to Sign Ronaldo After Shock ‘No Respect’ Piers Morgan Interview
Chelsea is the strong favorite to sign Cristiano Ronaldo in the January transfer window. That’s after an interview the soccer megastar gave to British broadcaster Piers Morgan that has made his position at Manchester United untenable. Ronaldo told Morgan that he felt...
Suncity Took $920M in Illegal Proxy Bets, Macau Cops Tell Court
Defunct Macau mega-junket Suncity generated US$920 million in illegal proxy bets between August 2017 and June 2020, according to the gambling hub’s judiciary police. That’s despite its on-trial former boss, Alvin Chau, telling a Macau court his company got out of the...
LeoVegas ‘Manager’ Arrested for Insider Trading On $600M MGM Takeover
A “high-ranking” manager at online casino giant LeoVegas and two other individuals have been arrested in Stockholm on suspicion of insider trading, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet reports The manager is suspected of leaking privileged information about MGM Resorts International’s $600 million acquisition of...
Australian Football Umpire Arrested for Suspicious Bets on Fair Play Award
An Australian Football League (AFL) umpire is among four people arrested for possible corruption, ironically in relation to an award designed to honor fair play and sportsmanship. The AFL is the professional league for Australian rules football. Its Brownlow Medal is the...
Blackjack, Craps Now Legal in Paris Gaming Clubs
Blackjack and craps are now authorized in Paris. That’s Paris France, the City of Light, not Paris Las Vegas, where such things have not only been authorized, but positively encouraged for decades. Last week, the French capital’s seven gaming clubs got the...
Chinese Company Convicted in $1M Casino Chip Bribery Case of L.A. Councilman
On Thursday, A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Chinese property developer Shenzhen New World Group and its billionaire owner, Wei Huang, 57, of bribing LA Councilman Jose Huizar with more than $1 million. Jurors took just three hours to find the...
Poker Player Susie Zhao Murderer Handed Life Sentence in Michigan
A 62-year-old Michigan man convicted of the appalling rape and murder of poker player Susie “Susie Q” Zhao was sent to prison for life on Thursday. Sentencing Judge Martha Anderson of Oakland County Circuit Court told Morris he had “taken advantage of...
NJ Lottery Ditches Twitter After Ads Appear on Anti-Semitic Russian Paramilitary Feed
The New Jersey Lottery has suspended all Twitter advertising. That's after an ad publicizing the Powerball jackpot appeared in a feed supporting a Far-Right Russian paramilitary organization. The feed included anti-semitic memes and cartoons that stereotyped and dehumanized Jewish people, NBC New...
Jury Mulls Case of Chinese Billionaire Accused of LA Councilman Casino-Chip Bribery
A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberations Wednesday on a $1 million bribery case involving a wealthy Chinese property developer and LA City councilman Jose Huizar. Wei Huang, the president of the Shenzhen New World Group, is accused of showering Huizar...
Alvin Chau Trial: Macau Cops Present Evidence of Illegal Suncity Betting Ops
Former Suncity chairman Alvin Chau “used his entire corporation to run under-the-table bets,” an officer of Macau’s Judiciary Police (PJ for its Portuguese acronym) told Macau’s Court of First Instance Wednesday. PJ investigator Mak Weng Kin presented the court with a two-hour...
