3528 stories by Philip Conneller
Tony Blair Spin Chief Loses Big in Son’s Collapsed Betting Syndicate
Alastair Campbell, formerly a powerful figure in UK politics, funneled £300,000 (US$370,000) into his son’s ill-fated soccer-betting syndicate prior to its collapse, The Daily Mail reports. Campbell, 67, is one of more than 50 investors who collectively plowed at least £5 million...
Poker’s Scott Ball Sues ACR Poker for $30M Contract Breach, Defamation
Poker player and talent agent Scott Ball is suing offshore poker platform ACR Poker for breach of contract, claiming that social media influencers on his books were never paid for promoting the site, formerly known as America’s Card Room. Two-time WSOP bracelet...
Evolution Shares Dive After ‘Black Market’ Admission
Shares in Evolution AB plunged by more than 10% on Monday, the last day of trading before Christmas, over news that the Swedish online gaming software provider’s license was under review by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The company’s shares rallied slightly...
Xi Tells Macau to ‘Cultivate New Industries’ as He Swears in New Leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Macau Friday that efforts should be made to “promote moderate economic diversification and focus on cultivating new industries with international competitiveness.” Xi was in town as part of a three-day visit that culminated in the inauguration Friday...
Residents Sue to Block Eklutna Tribe Casino Near Anchorage
A group of local residents near Anchorage, Alaska are challenging the Native Village of Eklutna’s (NVE) legal right to build a casino in the area. The lawsuit argues that the NVE is “not a federally recognized tribe whose governing body possesses powers...
WSOP Threatened to Disqualify Justin Bonomo for Pro-Palestine Scarf
Poker player Justin Bonomo said Wednesday he was threatened with disqualification from the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event for wearing a keffiyeh, an Arab headdress. The distinctly patterned black and white variety keffiyeh that Bonomo was sporting at the table is a...
Married Couple Found Dead in Sydney Park Likely Killed Over Gambling Debt
A married couple whose decomposing bodies were found dumped in a suburban Sydney park may have been murdered by loan sharks, Australian authorities believe. New South Wales (NSW) homicide detectives told media Wednesday that the husband, Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen, 33, had recently...
Washington State’s Mississippi-Style Gambling Boat Sails into Sunset After 25 Years
It’s the end of an era for the Emerald Queen, the Mississippi-style paddlewheel riverboat that was, for a quarter of a century, a familiar sight in the port of Tacoma, Wash. The elegant 300-foot former gambling palace was towed away to Seattle...
Largest Illegal Robux Casinos Shut Down After Sky News Probe
Within hours of UK news channel Sky News publishing an investigation into the illegal online gambling industry that has developed around the gaming app Roblox, the biggest three “Robux casinos” on the internet, BloxFlip, Bloxmoon, and RBLXWild, appeared to throw in the...
Interview: How to Build an Online Slot Machine
Online slots have come a long way in the last 10 years. With ever more imaginative mechanics, reels that might cluster or cascade, and themes that have more in common with explosive video games than traditional one-armed bandits, there’s a lot going...
