3943 stories by Philip Conneller
William Hill Posts $77 Million First-Half Loss Due to UK FOBT Reforms, While US Ops Hit $1 Billion
William Hill booked a loss of £64 million ($77 million) in the first six months of 2019 as the fallout from fixed-odds betting terminal reforms in the UK set in. The government’s decision to cut maximum odds on the machines from £100...
$1.75 Billion Melco Crown Buyout Jeopardized Over Lawrence Ho Link to Blacklisted Company
An investigation is underway in New South Wales, Australia, after evidence presented to the Federal Parliament Thursday showed that Melco Resorts CEO Lawrence Ho was, until very recently, directly involved with a company that is banned from doing business with Crown Resorts....
Kerfuffle Erupts Over UK Soccer Star Wayne Rooney 32Red Derby County Jersey
Former England soccer star Wayne Rooney’s transfer move from DC United to Derby County in the English Football League’s second tier, the Championship, comes laced with controversy. At a time when questions are being asked of soccer’s reliance on betting companies, the...
Bernie Sanders Attacks Station Casinos and ‘Trump Supporting’ Fertitta Brothers Over Palms Union Clash
Sen. Bernie Sanders is no fan of Station Casinos tycoons Frank and Lorenzo Fertitta. The left-wing Vermont Democrat, who is once again running for his party’s presidential nomination, was in Las Vegas on Saturday along with 18 other Democratic hopefuls, all eager...
Japanese Casino Market Will Be Third Largest in World, Not Second: Sanford Bernstein
Japan’s impending casino market will generate $8 billion in gross gaming revenues per year, according to a new report by Sanford Bernstein analysts. This would make it a smaller market than Nevada’s, which produced around $11 billion last year. Analysts have long...
Formula 1 In-Play Betting Service with Sportradar Promises New Data Access That May Transform Betting on Races
Formula 1 betting may be about to go into overdrive. Through its partnership deal with Sportradar, the racing car series will launch a live data feed for in-play betting, which promises to transform the way gamblers engage with the sport. The new...
Potawatomi Tribe Among Six Developers Bidding for Waukegan, Illinois Casino
Waukegan’s search for a casino developer has produced six candidates, officials in the northwest Illinois town said Monday. Of the six that submitted proposals by yesterday’s 3 p.m. deadline, two announced their applications publicly: the Forest County Potawatomi tribe of Wisconsin, which...
Rivers Casino Schenectady Amicus Brief Shot Down in New York DFS Appeal Case
Rivers Casino in Schenectady has failed to insert itself via an amicus brief into a court case that will rule on the constitutionality of daily fantasy sports (DFS) in New York. Last month, Rivers accepted the first legal sports bet in the...
Suncity CEO Alvin Chau Reportedly Banned from Australia Over Alleged Triad Links
Alvin Chau, CEO of Macau junket Suncity, has been banned from entering Australia, according to The Age, which cites anonymous official sources. This is despite Chau’s company still hosting VIP rooms at the Crown Melbourne and at the Star Sydney. The Age...
CT Governor Offers Incentives to Tribes for Casino in Bridgeport Instead of East Windsor
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont wants to persuade the state’s tribal casino operators to abandon their long-cherished goal of building a satellite venue in East Windsor. Instead of going north, the Democratic governor has proposed establishing a casino in Bridgeport, and he is...
