2350 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 when he attacked Abraham Haile, 56, a...
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 players in one of poker’s toughest disciplines to...
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 weren’t being paid their winnings or that...
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 industry is drawn to Malta by its...
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 is the establishment of a new anti-money...
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 site of the former Great Downs racetrack....
Paddy Power Ad Spot Banned for Prioritizing Gambling Over Family Life
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV spot advertising the operator’s Wonder Wheel game for portraying gambling as “taking priority in life over family.” The offending spot shows a young man playing the game in his partner’s parents’ home while...
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 a whole bag of “Smokies Edibles Cannabis-Infused...
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 Texas Monthly. Spilotro was a capo for...
‘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 been ordered to attend problem gambling courses...
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