3703 stories by Philip Conneller
Man Dies After Struggle with Seven Mile Casino Security
Police are investigating the death of a 46-year-old man who lost consciousness during a struggle with security at Seven Mile Casino, a card club in Chula Vista, Calif. Authorities say the man stopped breathing after engaging in a “physical altercation” with security...
Resorts World Fraudster Called Out By ‘Robin Hood 702’, Results In His Stalking, Arrest
Professional gambler and Las Vegas persona “Robin Hood 702” claims he has been harassed and stalked by a former video games executive. The latter pleaded guilty to bilking $1.3 million from investors in a bogus company. But now Hood himself is the...
French Soccer’s Bordeaux Boots Jersey Sponsor Winamax for Mocking Team on Twitter
French soccer team Girondins de Bordeaux has parted company with its jersey sponsor, online poker and sports betting company Winamax, barely six months into the deal. It seems Winamax and the top brass at Bordeaux had diverging ideas about the role a...
‘Suncity Exec’ Gets Prison Time for Refusing to Answer Police Questions
A woman arrested in November as part of Macau’s Suncity investigation has been suspended and sentenced to nine months in prison for refusing to cooperate with authorities. In a statement Monday, Macau’s judiciary police said the woman, identified only by her last...
Sumo Wrestlers Jettisoned After Illegal Gambling Probe
Two Japanese sumo wrestlers have been sidelined from the sport for their alleged involvement in illegal gambling. The Japanese Sumo Association’s (JSA) compliance committee confirmed this week that elite makuuchi division wrestler Hidenoumi and second-tier juryo-division wrestler Shiden were targeted. They are believed to have...
Valve Corp. Repels Final CS:GO Skins Gambling Lawsuit
A federal judge in Washington State has dumped a longstanding lawsuit against Valve Corp, which claimed the video games publisher enabled kids to gamble using “skins.” This is the last of several lawsuits that was filed against the Bellevue, Washington-based games giant...
Poker Player Lena Evans Accuses PayPal of Racketeering in Federal Lawsuit
Lena Evans, a two-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner, is suing PayPal. In a RICO lawsuit filed Thursday in a Northern California federal court, she accuses the digital payments giant of “fraudulent, oppressive, and malicious conduct.” In the proposed class-action...
Malta Casino Owner Charged with Murder Wants Witness Prosecuted for Perjury
A Maltese casino owner awaiting trial for the murder the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia wants the man who put him in the dock to be prosecuted for perjury. Yorgen Fenech is accused of ordering Caruana Galizia’s 2017 assassination by car bomb, an...
Macau Casino Stocks Surge With News On License Renewals
Macau’s next regulatory regime will include six concessions, or licenses, with the tenure of those licenses halved from 20 years to a decade, the gambling hub’s Executive Council said Friday. The long-awaited clarification on forthcoming reforms caused shares in LVS, MGM Resorts,...
Why Tunisia-Mali AFCON Refereeing Scandal Probably Wasn’t Match Fixing
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) game between Tunisia and Mali ended in chaos and confusion Wednesday. That's after Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe blew his whistle for full time in the 85th minute. The bizarre and unprecedented incident at the Limbe Stadium...
