3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Defaulting Alleged, As Drew Las Vegas Developer Witkoff ‘Confident’ of Completing Project
Drew Las Vegas developer the Witkoff Group says it remains committed to completing the halted Strip construction project despite news it has defaulted on interest payments to investors. Business Korea reported this week that a group of South Korean investors -- which...
Crown Resorts Can’t Offer Slots in Sydney for 21 Years as Star Casino Snaps Up Monopoly
Crown Resorts will be barred from offering slots in Sydney at least until 2041. That's after rival Star Casino Sydney secured exclusive rights to the machines on the casino floors of the Australian capital. Star announced Tuesday it has signed a tax...
UK Horse Racing Bounces Back from Lockdown, Promises Action-Packed Month
British horse racing made its comeback on Monday after a 76-day hiatus. Newcastle provided the action for a population largely starved of betting opportunities since the wholesale cancellation of sports in mid-March. James Sullivan and Zodiakos won the first race since lockdown,...
Seminole Hard Rock Tampa Among Targets for ISIS Acolyte Who Planned Mass Shooting: FBI
A Tampa man who told an undercover FBI agent he wanted to kill Americans and “infidels” -- including his own father -- allegedly planned to carry out a mass-casualty shooting in the Tampa Bay area. The Seminole Hard Rock Tampa was among...
DC Online Sports Betting Goes Live After Bumpy Journey, App Still Not Ready
The DC Lottery’s sports betting platform, GamBetDC, went live Thursday and is now taking bets, albeit from a threadbare sporting calendar. The District’s retail operations at sports bars and stadiums -- which will include a William Hill sports book at the Capitol...
California Casino Owner, Notorious Mormon Sect Member Joe Kingston Dies from Coronavirus
Joseph Ortell Kingston, co-owner of California’s Lake Elsinore Casino and member of Utah’s controversial Mormon fundamentalist Kingston Group, has died from COVID-19, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Kingston, 63, was the full brother of Paul E. Kingston, the current leader of the...
Stanley Ho: Macau’s ‘King of Gambling’ Dies at 98
Stanley Ho, the Macau casino mogul known as “the King of Gambling,” has died peacefully at age 98, his family said Tuesday. Until 2002, Ho held the gambling monopoly in Macau, where his SJM Holdings still owns or operates some 20 casinos,...
UK Betting Industry Shares Jump on £1 Billion FOBT Tax Windfall
Shares in Britain’s leading betting companies rose Thursday on the news that the sector is preparing to collect on a $1 billion ($1.22 billion) tax rebate. Last month, an upper tax tribunal agreed with an August 2018 lower tribunal ruling, which found that...
Tokyo Head Prosecutor Resigns Over Mahjong Gambling Party That Ignored Social Distancing
One of Japan’s top public prosecutors quit Thursday after he was caught breaching stay-at-home laws to attend gambling parties. Until Thursday, Hiromu Kurokawa, 63, as head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office, was Japan's second-highest ranking prosecutor. But he was exposed...
Connecticut Tribes, Gov Lamont Clash Over Casino Reopenings
Connecticut’s two federally recognized tribes, the Mashantucket Pequots and the Mohegans, are itching to reopen their casino doors as soon as possible. Despite promises of “extraordinary measures” to protect employers and customers, the state’s Democratic Gov. Ned Lamont does not share their...
