3943 stories by Philip Conneller
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...
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...
Bundesliga Betting is Back: German Soccer First to Kick Off Again as Lockdown Eases
Germany’s Bundesliga is the first major European soccer league to return to action, with games progressing behind closed doors from Saturday to Monday. While the matches were as physical as ever, with tackles flying and groups of players jostling together during set...
William Hill Reports 90 Percent US Downturn, Promises to ‘Power Up Quickly’ When Sports Resume
William Hill’s US operations have lately been hailed as the antidote to regulatory headwinds in its native UK, but apparently not during a global pandemic. The British bookmaker said in a Friday morning earnings call that the wholesale cancellation of sports across...
Hard Rock Int. Acquires Hard Rock Brand in Nevada, Hints at Future Seminole Las Vegas Expansion
The Seminole Tribe of Florida’s Hard Rock International (HRI) announced Wednesday it had acquired all rights to the Hard Rock brand and related trademarks in Las Vegas. That suggests the brand and its incumbent rock memorabilia may not be disappearing from the...
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Says No Casinos Until Vaccine or Antiviral Breakthrough on Coronavirus
Detroit casinos will not fully reopen until a vaccine against COVID-19 surfaces, or at least until a breakthrough in antiviral medicine makes the virus less deadly to the population, the city’s Democratic mayor Mike Duggan said at a press conference Wednesday. Asked...
