3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Oklahoma Tribal Operators Claim Racetracks License Renewal Gives Them Upper Hand in Compact Talks
Tribal casino operators in Oklahoma may have been handed a lifeline in their clash with Republican Governor Kevin Stitt over upcoming compact renegotiations. Stitt declared in an op-ed in Tulsa World in July that revenue-share agreements with the tribes must be redrawn on their...
Ontario Priest Who Gambled Away $1 Million Meant for Refugees Imprisoned, Ordered to Pay It Back
A Catholic priest has been jailed for two years for defrauding refugees of almost C$1 million ($760,000) to support a self-destructive gambling habit, Canada’s Global News reports. Father Amer Saka, 61, formerly the priest of St. Joseph’s Chaldean in London, Ontario, was...
Ronaldo Lawyers File Motion to Dismiss Palms Casino Rape Case
Lawyers for Cristiano Ronaldo have asked a Nevada judge to either dismiss a lawsuit accusing the soccer superstar of raping a woman at the Palms Casino Las Vegas a decade ago, or to order out-of-court mediation. Las Vegas resident Kathryn Mayorga has...
Crown Resorts on Trial: Australian Federal Officials to Testify in Corruption Investigation
Australia’s anti-corruption watchdog is to quiz current and former federal government officials at a series of public hearings next week as part of its investigation into the “visas for high rollers” scandal involving Crown Resorts. Among them will be Roman Quaedvlieg, a...
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lobbies Illinois Legislature for State-City-Owned Casino
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called on lawmakers in Springfield to reopen the debate on a law enacted in late June that authorizes a major casino in the city. Lightfoot wants the proposed casino to be a public, rather than private, enterprise,...
Dominican Republic Tourist Deaths Not Linked to Bootleg Booze: FBI
The “mysterious” deaths of three US citizens in the Dominican Republic -- which sparked a disastrous dip in tourism for the vacation and casino resort hotspot -- appear on preliminary evidence to be nothing suspicious, according to long-awaited FBI toxicology reports. The...
Harrahs Casino, Hollywood Casino Sued in Illinois Over Facial Recognition Tech
Two class-action lawsuits have been filed by casino-goers over two Joliet, Illinois casinos’ use of facial recognition technology. Patch.com reports that the two almost identical lawsuits accuse Caesars’ Harrah’s Casino and Penn National’s Hollywood Casino of breaching the state’s Biometric Information Privacy...
Joey ‘The Clown’ Lombardo, Who Oversaw Mob Casino Interests in Las Vegas, Dies in Prison At Age 90
Chicago Mobster and gambling kingpin Joey Lombardo died Saturday in the federal maximum security prison where he was serving a 2007 life sentence for racketeering, extortion, loan sharking, illegal gambling, and murder. Lombardo was alleged to have been the Chicago Outfit’s Consiglieri...
Crown Resorts Allowed UN-Sanctioned Arms Trader Linked to Convicted War Criminal to Gamble Away $6 Million
Another day, another PR disaster for embattled Australian casino giant Crown Resorts. This one comes in the form of an alleged arms dealer who was placed on a United Nations sanctions list for aiding and abetting former Liberian president Charles Taylor. In...
Alabama Student Called in Bomb Threat to LSU Tiger Stadium Because Friend was Losing Bet
A student at the University of Alabama is suspected of dialing in a hoax bomb threat to the Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium in a bid to halt Saturday’s game against the University of Florida. Freshman Connor Croll, 19, was arrested Sunday...
