3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Intralot Partner in DC Sports Betting Contract Has No Employees Apart from CEO and His 75-Year-Old Mother
The Washington Post has uncovered new revelations about the DC Council’s $215 million sports betting contract with Greek operator Intralot, a contract the newspaper has previously described as “reeking of cronyism.” The sports betting deal was handed to Intralot, the district’s existing...
Sahara Las Vegas Returns to North Strip as City Bids Goodbye to SLS and Sam by Starck
On Thursday, SLS officially reverted to The Sahara Las Vegas, the iconic brand that evokes Rat Pack-era hipness. The north Strip property is in the midst of a $150 million rebranding that will allow it to reconnect with its past, as well...
WSOP Seventh-Place Finisher Nick Marchington Winnings Unfrozen By Nevada Judge
WSOP Main Event final-tablist Nick Marchington can finally take his winnings home to England, according to court records seen by the Las Vegas Review Journal. On Friday, a Las Vegas judge lifted an injunction that had frozen ten percent of the $1.5...
Offshore Sports Betting Giants BetOnline and Bookmaker Suddenly Quit New Jersey Market
Two of the biggest offshore sports books illegally accepting US players, BetOnline.ag and Bookmaker.eu, have abruptly withdrawn their services from the New Jersey market. According to SportsBook Advisor, on Monday BetOnline’s New Jersey-based customers received the following email: It has come to...
Hot Lotto Scandal Book Author Subpoenaed in $16.5 Million Lawsuit Against Iowa and Multi-State Lotteries
Lawyers for a man suing the Iowa Lottery and the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL) for $16.5 million over the Hot Lotto scam have subpoenaed the author of a book on the subject, the Associated Press reports. Iowa journalist Perry Beeman co-authored The $80...
White Supremacists Arrested for Threatening to ‘Shoot Up’ Encore Las Vegas Nightclub
Two self-proclaimed white supremacists have been charged by police with making threats or conveying false information concerning acts of terrorism after they threatened to “shoot up” the XS nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on the Strip. According to arrest reports, Johnny Young,...
Kenyan President Kenyatta Sends Message to Lawmakers: Change Constitution to Ban Gambling
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has called for a complete ban on gambling in the country, the third- largest sports betting market in Africa. Speaking in Nairobi, Kenyatta urged lawmakers to pass a law to prohibit gambling. "We have this thing called gambling...
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...
