3704 stories by Philip Conneller
US PayDay Loan Mogul and Trump Donor Behind MoPlay, Busto Betting Site That Owes Customers
Stricken online betting company MoPlay was promised £130 million ($160 million) in financial backing prior to its launch in 2018. But only £60 million ($74 million) of this materialized, leaving the company unable to pay its liabilities. That’s according to an application...
EPL Suspends Activities After Arsenal Manager Mikel Arteta Gets Coronavirus
The English Premier League (EPL) has been suspended until at least Friday, April 3. The decision was taken after Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 on Thursday night. News of Arteta’s infection arrived just hours before that...
Melco Must Turn Over Sensitive Documents to Crown Resorts Suitability Investigation, Court Rules
Lawrence Ho’s Melco Resorts has lost its bid to keep private company documents out of reach of an unprecedented official investigation by the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) into the licensing suitability of Crown Resorts. On Thursday, the NSW Court...
UK Regulator Clobbers Betway With Record $11.6 Million Fine for Accepting Stolen Money
Online sports book Betway achieved the dubious honor of becoming the UK’s most robustly punished gambling operator Thursday, as it agreed to pay a record £11.6 million ($14.6 million) fine to settle a litany of compliance failings. Short of license revocation, it’s...
Steve Wynn Wins $1 Defamation Case Against Woman Who Falsely Accused Him of Rape
Steve Wynn has been awarded $1 in nominal damages in a defamation suit against a woman who alleged that the billionaire casino mogul raped her. In 2018, Halina Kuta, 73, of Laguna Vista, Texas, told Las Vegas police the alleged assault took...
Oklahoma Gov. Plan to Put Casino Rev-Share Payments in Escrow is Illegal, Says State AG
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) doesn’t want to spend casino revenue-share payments on education. That's because he believes the amount of money the state’s tribal operators should pay into the public purse is in dispute. The tribes say it isn’t and are...
Austria’s ‘Poker King’ Folds His Hand, Declares Concord Card Casinos Bankruptcy Over €600 Million Tax Bill
Austria’s 12 Concord Card Casinos have been shut down forever, according to their owner, Peter Zanoni, whose CCC Gruppe filed for bankruptcy this week under the weight of a €600 million tax bill. Zanoni, dubbed by local press as “der Poker-König” (Poker...
K-pop Star Seungri Conscripted, Military Court Will Decide Illegal Gambling, Prostitution Charges
Former K-pop idol Seungri, has joined the army. The fallen idol was recently indicted by Korean authorities following accusations that he procured prostitutes for business clients at his scandal-ridden nightclub, Burning Sun. In addition, he has been charged with embezzlement from Burning...
Video Games New Destiny 2, Valorant to Shun ‘Harmful’ Pay-to-Play Loot Box Model
Are video-game developers turning away from “pay to play” loot boxes, the controversial in-game items that critics say expose kids to the mechanics of gambling? Tomorrow sees the release of Season of the Worthy, the long-awaited expansion for online-only, shared-world shooter Destiny...
PokerStars Postpones All Live European Tournaments Over Coronavirus Fears, WSOP in Jeopardy?
PokerStars announced Sunday that it has postponed three upcoming live poker tournaments in Europe as a response to the coronavirus outbreak. The online poker giant said on its PokerStars blog that it had been closely monitoring the spread of COVID-19, and “with...
