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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...
Oregon Racetrack Faces Axing of 226 Workers Without Gaming Machines
An Oregon racetrack owned by Dutch Bros coffee billionaire Travis Boersma will lay off 226 workers next month. That’s unless the state racing commission greenlights its application for 225 historical horse-racing machines. The ultimatum, first reported by Willamette Week, comes as an...
Tiger King Star Charged with Grand Larceny for Stealing Wynn Las Vegas Candelabra
Masha Diduk, Tiger King’s so-called “hot nanny,” has gone from big cats to grand larceny, TMZ reports. Diduk has been charged by Las Vegas police with stealing a $5,000 candelabra from Wynn Las Vegas. Last July, Wynn security cameras spotted a woman...
Entain CEO Mulls Returning $136M Coronavirus Relief Payout After Bad Press
Entain chief-executive Jette Nygaard-Andersen has said her company may return the £102 million (US$136 million) it claimed in coronavirus relief payments. That's following a media backlash about the perceived misuse of taxpayers’ money. But then again, she said, it might not. Last...
Las Vegas Man with Severed Head in Trunk Claims He is ‘Unlucky Car Thief’
A Las Vegas man who was charged with murder after police found a severed head in his truck in a parking garage next to the Rio says it’s not his truck. A lawyer for Eric Holland, 57, claimed last week his client...
Philippines Court Tosses Kazuo Okada Fraud Charges, Quashes Arrest Warrant
The Philippines Court of Appeals has quashed fraud charges against the Japanese gaming billionaire Kazuo Okada. In the same breath, it overturned a lower court ruling that found he should stand trial for allegedly misappropriating more than US$3 million from his former...
LVS Claims Document Doctored in $12B Breach of Contract Case
Lawyers for LVS Corp. in Macau have claimed a document due to be submitted as evidence in a $12 billion breach-of-contract case is falsified. The document in question is a memorandum of understanding (MOU) allegedly signed 20 years ago by former LVS...
North Macedonia Casino Offered Negative COVID-19 Tests to Lure Greek Gamblers
At least one casino in the Balkan state of North Macedonia is offering fake negative COVID-19 tests to lure gamblers across the border from Greece. That’s according to a report by journalist Christos Nikolaidis for Greece’s Open TV. Nikolaidis visited Dojran in...
‘Brawl Stars’ Loot Boxes Are Not Illegal Gambling, Rules Judge
A federal judge in San Francisco on Tuesday denied a class-action lawsuit against tech giant Apple, which claimed loot boxes in the video game Brawl Stars amounted to gambling. The lawsuit was filed last year by California mom Rebecca Taylor, whose son...
Macau Bans Inbound Flights from Outside China After Omicron Cases Detected
Macau has responded to the arrival of three suspected omicron cases via overseas passenger flights. They are now banning all inbound commercial air travel from outside China for two weeks. Macau’s Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Center announced Wednesday the prohibition will...
