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Philip Conneller
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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....
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...
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...
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...
Aria Sued by Former Slots Worker for $638,000 Over ‘Illegal’ Tip Pooling
Aria Resort & Casino Las Vegas is facing a lawsuit from a former employee who claims the casino broke federal law by pooling tips that were distributed to slots supervisors and managers, as well as...
Brockton Casino Hopeful Rush Street Was Second-Biggest Lobbying Spender in Massachusetts Last Year
Mass Gaming & Entertainment (MG&E), the Rush Street Gaming-backed outfit pushing for a controversial casino project in Brockton, Massachusetts, was the second-biggest corporate spender on lobbying in the state last year. According to financial disclosures...
Deadwood Sports Betting: Question Goes to the South Dakota Voter in November Referendum
South Dakota sports betting will go to the ballot in November. That's when voters will decide whether to change the constitution to authorize legal sports books at the state’s tribal casinos and in its only...
UK Post-Brexit Immigration Policy Will Hurt Casino Sector, Says Industry
Planned UK immigration laws will damage the casino sector and other parts of the UK economy. That’s the word from gambling industry trade association the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), which called on the government...
Maverick Gaming Prepared to Spend Millions to Thwart Washington State Tribal-Only Sports Betting Bill
Maverick Gaming has vowed to spend “$20 (million) to $30 million” to block a bill in Washington state that would authorize sports betting at tribal casinos only. The Nevada-based company has been scooping up card...
Choctaw Casino & Resort Projects Guerrilla Ad onto ‘Leaning Tower of Dallas’
They say one man’s misfortune is another’s opportunity. Which is why an 11-story building in Dallas that’s currently afflicted with a 5-degree diagonal tilt was emblazoned with the logo of an Oklahoma casino this week....
