3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Playboy Poker Player, Fraudster Arnaud Mimran Gets 13 Years for Kidnapping
The French fraudster, socialite and high-stakes poker player Arnaud Mimran has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for masterminding the 2016 kidnap of a Swiss financier. Mimran was already serving an eight-year sentence for “the swindle of the century,” as it...
Blackjack Players Who Sued Massachusetts Casinos Over ‘Illegal’ Odds Learn House Always Wins
Blackjack players who sued the Encore Boston Harbor and MGM Springfield in Massachusetts ended up with a busted hand at the Supreme Judicial Court this week. The plaintiffs argued the casinos were paying out worse odds than state regulations allowed, thereby illegally...
Online Gaming Super-Hub Malta Graylisted by Global Financial Crimes Watchdog, FATF
Malta was graylisted Wednesday by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a decision that could have far-reaching economic repercussions for one of the world’s foremost online gaming hubs. The tiny Mediterranean-island state reluctantly finds itself on a list that includes Yemen, Syria,...
Michigan Woman Sues BetMGM Over $3M ‘Glitch’ After Five-Day Roulette Session
A Michigan woman who claims she spun an initial $50 stake into $11 million playing an online roulette game at BetMGM is suing the casino giant for failing to pay up. Jacqueline Davis, from Detroit, claims she played the “Luck O’ Roulette”...
Ex-NASCAR Driver Hermie Sadler Sues Virginia Gov Over Skill Gaming Ban
Former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler is suing Ralph Northam, the governor of his native Virginia, over the state’s impending ban on skill games. Sadler owns several truck stops and restaurants in and around his hometown of Emporia in southern Virginia and is...
London Marketing Firm Called Out Over Controversial EPL ‘White-Label’ Sponsorship Deals
A London-based marketing agency has been criticized for brokering deals between elite soccer teams and betting companies. The betting firms allegedly want to use the global reach of Europe’s top leagues as a springboard to target illegal markets. SportQuake proclaims on its...
Last San Diego Card Room, Lucky Lady, Folds Hand After More Than 40 Years
San Diego’s Lucky Lady has closed permanently, marking the end of the city’s once-thriving card room industry. The club’s octogenarian owner, Stanley Penn, quietly sold the club last month to the Family Health Centers of San Diego, The San Diego Union-Tribune reports....
Hong Kong Police Bust Huge Wo Shing Wo Triad Betting Operation
Police in Hong Kong say they have dismantled a triad-controlled gambling ring and seized the largest number of illegal betting records tied to a single operation in a decade. According to a police source who spoke to The South China Morning Post,...
Ex-Great Canadian Gaming CEO Rod Baker Dodges Prison for Jumping Vaccine Line
The former CEO of Great Canadian Gaming (GCG), Rod Baker, and his aspiring-actor wife, Ekaterina, were fined a total of $2,300 on Wednesday for breaking quarantine rules in Yukon, Canada. The story originally made headlines around the world. Last January, the couple...
Las Vegas Sands on Trial: $12B Breach of Contract Case Kicks Off in Macau
A $12 billion breach-of-contract lawsuit filed by Taiwanese businessman Marshall Hao against the richest casino company in the world, Las Vegas Sands Corp., finally went to trial Monday in Macau. Ho claims he is entitled to compensation arising from an aborted partnership...
