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Philip Conneller
4180 stories by Philip Conneller
Malta Gaming Authority Exec Fired for Stealing Sensitive Data, Faces Police Probe
Police are investigating a former executive at the Malta Gaming Authority after he was “caught red-handed” misusing sensitive internal information, The Times of Malta reports. The agency’s ex-chief technology officer, Jason Farrugia, is suspected of...
Pub Slots Money Laundering Probe Launched By New South Wales Criminal Intelligence
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is set to unleash its most powerful criminal intelligence agency. The target: the growing problem of slots money laundering in the non-gaming sector, which includes pubs and...
Ohio Supreme Court Kills Case Claiming Vaccine Lottery Unconstitutional, Unethical
Ohio’s Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit brought by a group of anti-vaxxers who argued the state’s “Vax-a-Million” lottery was unconstitutional. The complaint claimed the lottery’s use of public money without legislative approval violated Ohio...
Ex-Hilton Manager Orchestrates $28M ARIA, Cosmopolitan Ponzi Scheme
A San Diego man who allegedly defrauded investors out of at least $28 million in a bogus hotel room-discounting scheme “laundered” money through Las Vegas casinos, including ARIA and The Cosmopolitan, according to the FBI....
Curacao Online Gaming Rogue Operators May Number 12,000, Dutch Claim
Dutch lawmakers grilled the country’s outgoing government this week on Curaçao’s controversial online gambling regime. Specifically, they wanted to know why 12,000 websites are allegedly permitted to offer unlicensed gaming to countries across the world,...
Macau Government Keeping Junkets in Dark About Post Suncity Future
Macau’s junkets say they are being kept ‘in confusion and fear’ about the future of their industry, following the arrest last month of Suncity CEO Alvin Chau. Veteran junket investor Luiz Lam Kai Kuong told...
Henry Orenstein, Transformers Inventor Who Revolutionized Televised Poker, Dies at 98
Henry Orenstein, the inventor who gave the world Transformers toys and televised poker, has died at age 98. Orenstein revolutionized poker by devising the "hole card cam," which allowed a television audience to see players’...
Crooks Who Used Stolen Card to Buy $5.3M Scratch-off Imprisoned for Fraud
Two small-time crooks who partied hard after they “won” £4 million (US$5.3 million) on a lottery scratch-off ticket were sentenced to 18 months apiece for fraud in Bolton Crown Court, UK, Tuesday. John-Ross Watson, 34,...
Racetrack Betting Drones Do Not Violate Copyright Law, Says UK Government
The UK government currently has no plans to prohibit the controversial use of drones around horse racing and other sporting events. That's because they do not infringe copyright law. That’s according to Lord Callaghan, parliamentary...
Irish Lottery Seeks ‘Must be Won’ Rule Change After No Jackpot for 27 Weeks
Irish National Lottery officials on Wednesday will ask the Irish legislature, the Oireachtas, to change the rules to prevent the current interminable and exhausting 27-week lottery jackpot rollover from ever happening again. No one has...
