3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Journalist’s International Casino Exhibition Media Pass Initially Put on ICE Over Historical Bad Press
An award-winning journalist was initially refused press accreditation for this week’s International Casino Exhibition in London, allegedly because organizer Clarion Gaming is concerned about negative press. An article written about the 2018 event by Rob Davies of The Guardian called the gambling...
Fugitive Bulgarian Casino Kingpin Bohkzov Arrested in United Arab Emirates
Bulgaria’s wealthiest gambling tycoon, Vasil Bozhkov, has been apprehended in the United Arab Emirates. His arrest comes just days after he was charged in absentia in his home country with organizing a crime group, extortion, and attempted bribery. Bulgaria's chief prosecutor Ivan...
Judge Denies Injunction to Halt Montana Sports Betting Licensing Process
A lawsuit challenging the Montana Lottery’s licensing requirements for sports betting has failed to win an injunction that would have put the entire licensing process on ice. Investment company Arete Group LLC is contesting new regulations that stipulate only bars and taverns...
Atlantic City Must Clean Up Its Image, Tackle Drugs and Prostitution: Casino Execs
Atlantic City has an image problem that needs to be addressed through social and economic revitalization. That was the takeaway from an annual forum hosted by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber at the Atlantic City Sheraton Convention Center Hotel, attended by members...
Appellate Court to Hear Mashpee Legal Fight for Reservation, First Light Casino
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts will have 15 minutes next week to plead for its reservation and for the right to build a $1 billion casino resort in Taunton, in the southeast of the state. Mashpee tribal chairman Cedric Cromwell announced...
Bulgarian Gambling Czar and Alleged Criminal Mastermind Vasil ‘The Skull’ Bozhkov Charged with Extortion
A Bulgarian gambling mogul known as “The Skull” has been charged in absentia with organizing a crime group, extortion, and attempted bribery by authorities in the Balkan state. Vasil Bozhkov is one of Bulgaria’s richest men, with a fortune estimated at $1.5...
Ridgecrest, California Casino Back on Track as City and Death Valley Tribe Settle
A controversial tribal casino project in Ridgecrest, California will move ahead, after the Timbisha Shoshone tribe of Death Valley announced it had resolved its dispute with the city this week. Ridgecrest has agreed to sell the parcel of land earmarked for the...
Crown Resorts Tycoon James Packer to Testify for Prosecution in Netanyahu Corruption Trial
Crown Resorts billionaire James Packer will be called as a prosecution witness in the corruption trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to indictment documents seen by News Corp. Netanyahu was officially indicted for bribery, fraud and breach of trust on...
Washington State Social Gaming Legislation Could Rescue Big Fish Casino From Legal Trouble
Bills introduced in the Washington State legislature last week are designed to protect the state’s social gaming industry from legal bombardment. The identical bills -- sponsored in the House by State Rep. Zach Hudgins (D-11th) and in the Senate by State Sen....
OJ Simpson Defamation Case Vs. Cosmopolitan to Go to Trial, Private Settlement Ruled Out
OJ Simpson’s lawsuit against The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will go to court, a pretrial commissioner ruled on Monday. Simpson, 72, is suing the Las Vegas Strip hotel-casino for defamation after a report surfaced on celebrity gossip site TMZ claiming the disgraced...
