3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Case Challenging Rhode Island Sports Betting Constitutionality Dismissed
A judge in Providence, Rhode Island Monday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to have sports betting declared unconstitutional because the prominent Republican who brought the suit had not been personally harmed. Dr. Daniel Harrop, a former Republican Providence mayoral candidate, argued that...
New Jersey Judge Zaps Claim for Shopping Mall Sports Book at Former Garden State Park Racetrack
An effort to establish New Jersey’s first standalone retail sports book in a shopping mall on the site of the former Golden State Park racetrack was shot down last week by a federal judge in Camden. Cherry Hill Towne Center Partners (CHTCP)...
Macau VIP ‘One-Percent’ Generates More Than Two-Thirds of Casino GGR: Analysts
Macau, the biggest casino market in the world, is sustained by a relatively small group of VIP and premium mass players, representing around one percent of its 35.8 million visitors last year, brokerage firm Bernstein said this week. According to a Bernstein...
PGA Tour Follows NFL Lead in Selling Official Data Via New Deal with IMG Arena
The PGA Tour has signed an extended deal with IMG Arena that will grant the London-based sports data company the exclusive right to stream official PGA data feeds to sports betting operators. The new PGA Tour tees off just weeks after the...
Paddy Power Threatened Legal Action After Soccer Team Got Cold Feet in Jersey-Branding Stunt
English tier-two soccer team Huddersfield Town told soccer's governing body in the UK that it was pressured into wearing prohibited outsized logos on its jerseys because Paddy Power threatened legal action if it pulled out of the marketing stunt. The Championship club...
EveryMatrix Gambling License Suddenly Suspended by UK Regulator Following Compliance Probe
On Thursday, the UK Gambling Commission suspended the license of EveryMatrix. The company is a significant supplier of technology to the online gaming industry, as well as an operator of B2C white-label brands, including the online casino platform of SportingIndex, the market-leading...
Mafia Men Convicted of Florida Murder of SunCruz Casino Cruise Tycoon Gus Boulis Get Retrial
Two alleged members of the Gambino crime family who were convicted of orchestrating the 2001 murder of multimillionaire casino boss and restaurateur Gus Boulis will have their day in court again, after the Florida Supreme Court affirmed their retrials this week. Anthony...
MGM Says Site of Las Vegas Shooting to Become Community Center
MGM Resorts International plans to turn the site of the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history into a community and athletics center, which the company hopes will one day host high-school basketball tournaments and indoor soccer for kids. MGM owns both...
Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Treasurers Subpoenaed by Federal Grand Jury
The current and former chief financial officers of Massachusetts’ Mashpee Wampanoag tribe have been subpoenaed for reasons that are currently unclear, The Cape Cod Times reports. One source told The Times that the court orders for Treasurer Gordon Harris and his predecessor,...
Nevada Seniors Accused of Running $29.5 Million Sports Betting Ponzi Scheme
The SEC has filed fraud charges against two septuagenarian ex-convicts from Henderson, Nevada for allegedly bilking investors out of $29.5 million in a fraudulent sports betting mutual fund. John F. Thomas, 74, and Thomas Becker, 72 were imprisoned in the 1990s for...
