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4214 stories by Philip Conneller
London Slots Parlor Killer Gets Life for ‘Inhuman’ Attack on Stranger
An Eritrean man who tortured a stranger to death in a London slots parlor has been imprisoned for life for the killing. Abel Berhany, 23, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia...
Nirvana Producer Steve Albini Wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Bracelet, Drops It, Breaks It
Record producer Steve Albini has been making noise in the poker world. The former Big Black punk rocker won his second WSOP bracelet Saturday, taking down the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament for $196,089. Albini outlasted 773...
ThePokies.Net Targeted in Australia Illegal Gambling Crackdown
Australian communications regulator ACMA has ordered internet service providers to block online casino ThePokies.net after data showed it attracted 30,000 Australians each month. The regulator said it had received reports from customers who claimed they...
Malta: Europe’s Online Gaming Hub Removed from Graylist
Malta, Europe’s foremost online gambling hub, has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) graylist. It’s news that will have politicians in the tiny Mediterranean island-state and its online gambling industry exhaling. The...
BC Casino Money Laundering Inquiry: Politicians Failed, But No Evidence of Corruption
An 1,800-page report into historical money laundering at British Columbia casinos found no trace of political corruption. But it did make 101 recommendations to combat the flow of dirty cash through the province. Among them...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer Steamrolls Little River Band Casino Proposal
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday rejected a proposed off-reservation casino for near Fruitport, Muskegon County. The decision effectively torpedoes the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' 12-year effort to build the casino on the...
Mohegan Sun Bus Driver Ate Gummies Laced with THC, Passed Out on Freeway
A bus driver was charged with 38 counts of reckless endangerment after passing out on I-95 while ferrying a busload of Boston casino-goers back home from Connecticut’s Mohegan Sun. The driver allegedly also polished off...
Tony ‘The Ant’ Spilotro Once Threatened to Kill Poker Legend Doyle Brunson with Ice Picks
Poker legend Doyle Brunson was once threatened with death by vicious Las Vegas Mob enforcer Tony “The Ant” Spilotro. The 88-year-old Texan recounted his disturbing encounter with “The Ant” in an interview this week with...
‘Corrupt’ Harness Racing Trainer Sold Victim Non-Existent Horse
A harness racing trainer from Christchurch, New Zealand, has been sentenced to seven months’ home detention for a series of racing industry frauds, including selling a victim a fictitious horse. Mitchell Kerr, 30, has also...
Hard Rock Tejon: Tribe Signs Compact with California for $600M Casino
California’s Tejon Indian Tribe has signed a compact with the state’s Democratic Governor, Gavin Newsom. The agreement puts the state seal of approval on the tribe’s reservation, the first time it has had a sovereign...
