3755 stories by Philip Conneller
World Series of Poker to Leave Rio, Moving to Bally’s, Paris Las Vegas in 2022
This is the final year that the World Series of Poker (WSOP) will be held at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino. From 2022, the event will move to the Strip, where it will be hosted jointly by Bally’s and Paris...
New York Court Combines DraftKings Lawsuits Alleging Impropriety in SBTech Merger
A New York federal court has consolidated two proposed class-action lawsuits brought against DraftKings executives by a group of shareholders. Both suits claimed the DraftKings board breached its fiduciary duty by failing to declare the alleged black-market operations of Bulgaria-based software provider...
Pennsylvania Lottery Fails to Analyze Suspicious Frequent Winners, Says Auditor General
The Pennsylvania Lottery does not do enough to analyze data on its customers’ winning patterns, the state auditor general, Timothy DeFoor, said Monday. DeFoor is concerned that this lack of oversight could be letting frequent winners get away with committing widescale fraud....
WSOP Final Table: German Koray Aldemir Leads Heading into $8M Finale
The WSOP final table is set. After six days of busted draws, all-in jams, bad beats, three-bets, four-bets, and a smattering of game-theory-optimized check-raising, nine players remain in poker’s biggest event. All are guaranteed at least $1 million. All are chasing the...
Betsson Sees Yellow for Offering Bets on In-Game Soccer Rule Violations
Swedish online gambling giant Betsson has been yellow-carded by the country’s gambling regulator for offering bets on… yellow cards. Betting on rule violations in sports has been against the rules in Sweden since last year, as part of a measure introduced to...
Arkansas Chef May Have Shot Coworker Dead Over Winning Casino Ticket
A chef at an Arkansas restaurant may have killed a coworker because he wanted to steal his winning casino ticket, court documents reveal. Prosecutors allege Martin Eduardo Tavarez Torres, 21, shot a fellow chef in the back of the head with a...
Las Vegas Dotty’s Casino Bomb Threat Used to Create Diversion, Police Say
A Las Vegas man accused of telling police a bomb had been planted at a Dotty’s Casino on Decatur Boulevard Wednesday was allegedly trying to distract them from his theft of a golf cart. According to his arrest report, Scott Wesolaski, 31,...
Cambodia Casino Corruption Risks For US Businesses Detailed in Washington Warning
The Biden administration has told US companies to steer clear of Cambodia and its casinos. A joint business advisory warning (BAW) from the US State Department, US Treasury Department, and the US Department of Commerce highlighted “growing systemic corruption” in the country....
Woman Who Stole Cousin’s $1M Winning Lottery Scratch-off Faces 15 Years
A woman has been charged with grand larceny after allegedly stealing her cousin’s $1 million lottery ticket. That’s according to a joint press release from the Nassau County DA’s Office and the Glen Cove Police Department. Iris Amador Argueta, 32, who now...
China Gambling Ring Exploiting ‘Losing Account’ Sports Bet Loophole Busted
Chinese police in the eastern city of Wenzhou say they have disrupted a syndicate that illegally capitalized on an online sports book “loophole” to cash in the equivalent of around US $4.6 million. The scheme involved buying up hundreds of money-losing accounts...
