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Philip Conneller
4210 stories by Philip Conneller
Feds Seek to Jail Terry Rozier Co-Defendant Over Alleged Witness Tampering
Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to jail a co-conspirator in the Terry Rozier sports betting corruption case, accusing him of attempting to tamper with witnesses while awaiting trial. Terry Rozier arrives for an arraignment...
Spanish Ponzi Victims to Recover Millions From UK Gambling Operators
Victims of an alleged €15 million (US$17 million) investment fraud in Spain are set to recover more than a third of their recognized losses from money surrendered by UK gambling operators. Iban Juvanteny Gómez, above,...
Lottery Ticket Worth $1.16M Miraculously Rescued From Six Metric Tons of Garbage
An Italian lottery player had to beat almost impossible odds twice: first by matching five winning numbers (1 in 3,478,761), then by recovering the €1 million ($1.16 million) winning ticket from a landfill after mistakenly...
Oregon Casino Robber Who Believed He Was God Sentenced to 20 Years
A man who threatened to “bathe everyone in blood” during a robbery at Oregon’s Wildhorse Resort and Casino has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Surveillance footage shows Javier Francisco Vigil pointing a handgun at...
‘Arson for Profit’: Lawmakers Push to Ban Wildfire Prediction Contracts
Nine Democratic senators are urging the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to reject wildfire-related event contracts, warning the derivatives could create a dangerous financial incentive for arson. Polymarket’s offshore platform offered event contracts on last...
Monarch Casino Black Hawk Hit with Class Action Over Dealer Pay and Tip Credit
A dealer at Monarch Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk has filed a proposed class action accusing the Colorado property of systematically underpaying tipped employees through unlawful tip-credit practices, unpaid pre-shift work, and improper tip pooling....
Polymarket Insider Trading Case Is an Illegal ‘Government Experiment,’ Defense Says
Defense attorneys for a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier accused of using classified intel to win $400,000 betting on the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro argue that federal prosecutors are trying to criminalize legal...
Undocumented California Mother Says Uncle Kept Her $2M Lottery Winnings
Ruby Reyes, an undocumented immigrant and mother from the San Francisco Bay Area, claims she handed a $2 million winning lottery ticket to her uncle out of fear of deportation. Nearly two years later, she...
Florida’s Celebrity Meteorologist Matt Devitt Fights to Keep Casino Gambling Records Secret
Former Florida television weatherman Matt Devitt is asking a judge to keep his casino gambling records under wraps in a bitter legal battle with his former employer, WINK News. A tongue-in-cheek Florida forecast for July...
River City Casino Worker Credited with Busting Teen Trafficking Operation
An alert employee at the River City Casino in St. Louis helped expose a self-described "pimp" who groomed a teenage girl from the age of 14 before trafficking her from a children's home for sex...
