3973 stories by Philip Conneller
K-Pop Stars Engulfed by Gambling, Drugs, Prostitution Scandal
In South Korea, two of K-pop’s pivotal figures have been summoned by authorities for questioning over allegations they habitually gambled while in Las Vegas, a crime for citizens of the East Asian nation. Seungri, until recently a member of boy band Big...
Odawa Tribal Operator Loses Federal Case That Would Have Dramatically Expanded Reservation in Northern Michigan
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians (LTBBOI), which operates the Odawa Casino Resort in Petoskey, Michigan, has failed in its legal bid to have a vast area of land declared its sovereign territory. In the 2016 lawsuit filed against then-Michigan...
POGOs Don’t Offer Gambling to China: PAGCOR Responds to Beijing Threat
None of the Philippines’ licensed online gaming operators (POGOs) are Chinese-owned companies, nor do they target gamblers within China. At least, that’s the official line from Victor Padilla, head of offshore gaming for Philippine gambling regulator PAGCOR. Padilla was addressing concerns in...
Six CS:GO Players Arrested in Australia Over Esports Match-Fixing Racket Face Ten Years in Prison
Australian police have arrested six individuals on suspicion of deliberately throwing Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) matches in an attempt to profit from the esports betting markets. The Guardian reports that the names of those detained have not been disclosed, nor the...
Jilted Bidder Gulfside Sues Arkansas Racing Commission Over Pope County Casino License Rejection
Gulfside Casino Partnership, which wants to build a Pope County casino in Arkansas, is suing the state racing commission for rejecting its application for a gaming license. The Mississippi-based company filed its lawsuit swiftly in the Pulaski County Circuit Court after the...
Novomatic Billionaire Embroiled in Casinos Austria Corruption Probe with Austrian Far-Right Politician
Austrian police confirmed this week a raid on addresses linked to Johann Graf, the billionaire CEO of European gaming giant Novomatic, as well as the company’s chairman, Harald Neumann. The moves came as part of a corruption investigation into the country’s former...
FanDuel Founders Renew $120 Million Lawsuit Against Flutter Entertainment
Former CEO of FanDuel Nigel Eccles and three of its other co-founders are about to renew legal action against their former company after its $465 million buyout in 2018 by Flutter Entertainment didn’t yield them a bean. The founders initially filed suit...
Ponca Tribe Wins Case Against State of Nebraska, Iowa Over Right to Operate Prairie Flower Casino
Ponca chairman Larry Wright Jr. called for the states of Nebraska and Iowa and the City of Council Bluffs to give up their years-long legal fight against the tribe after a federal judge reaffirmed its right to operate a casino in western...
Cayuga Nation Sues Hit Showtime Series ‘Billions’ for Defamation Over ‘Offensive’ Portrayal
New York State’s Cayuga Nation is suing the Showtime network over an episode of its hit show Billions, which it claims defamed the tribe while pushing an “offensive stereotype” of Native Americans as “irresponsible, corruptible, and even criminal” casino owners. A lawsuit...
Empire Resorts Bankruptcy Talk Sends Genting Shares Tumbling
On Friday, New York State-based Empire Resorts, which owns and operates Resorts World Catskills, announced it was considering filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On Tuesday, reverberations were felt on the Malaysian stock market, where shares in Genting Malaysia and its parent company,...
