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Philip Conneller
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MGM Resorts Raises Over $100M in Picasso Selloff
MGM Resorts cashed in 11 Picassos for a total of $109 million via a Sotheby’s auction at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Saturday. The artworks were part of the MGM Resorts Fine Art Collection,...
MGM Resorts Sued For $3M Over Alleged Gold Strike Casino Tunica Bed Bugs
A twice-bitten Memphis, Tenn. woman is suing MGM Resorts for $3 million in a federal court. She claims she was savaged by bed bugs in two separate hotel rooms at the Gold Strike Casino in...
Crown Resorts Hit by Shareholder Revolt Over Executive Pay Plan
Crown Resorts shareholders have voted down the embattled company’s remuneration report. The move, at the company’s virtual AGM Thursday, signified widespread discontent over fat payouts to executives, many of whom have left the company under...
Financial Crimes Agency FinCEN Scraps ID Docs Rule for Casino Patrons
The US Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has relaxed regulations surrounding the ID verification of casino customers. The agency said Wednesday casinos would now be permitted to use “non-documentary means” to ID their...
Seminoles Strike Back Against Ballot Threats from LVS, DraftKings
All-powerful Florida tribal gaming operator the Seminoles are plowing millions of dollars into a new political committee called “Standing Up for Florida,” Florida Politics reports. The tribe is hoping to sabotage efforts by out-of-state gaming...
Cullen Commission: BC Casino Dirty Money Hearings Wrap Up, Findings in December
British Columbia held the final hearing of its exhaustive investigation into money laundering in its casinos on Tuesday. Now, two years after it began and 198 witness testimonies later, commissioner Austin Cullen, a former BC...
UK Military Vets Seven Times as Likely to Suffer Gambling Disorders as Civilians
British military veterans have a significantly higher risk of developing gambling problems in comparison with the general population, according to new research. The UK Armed Forces Veterans’ Health and Gambling Study is the first UK-wide...
Star Entertainment to Face Public Grilling on Anti-Money Laundering Failures
Australia’s Star Entertainment will face a public inquiry in the state of New South Wales (NSW) into allegations it permitted its Sydney property to be infiltrated by organized crime. The company’s shares plunged by almost...
US Supreme Court to Hear Texas Tribal Gaming Case, Could Impact Claims in Rhode Island, Maine, Massachusetts
The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case that could end two tribes’ decades-long fight to exert gaming rights on their sovereign land. A ruling in favor of the tribes will strengthen...
Soccer Match-Fixing on the Slide Globally, New Analysis Suggests
The number of soccer matches under suspicion of match-fixing fell in 2020, despite concerns that the financial pressures of COVID-19 might exacerbate the problem. According to new betting market analysis from sports integrity firms Stats...
