3832 stories by Philip Conneller
Casino Security Footage Leads to Murder Charge in 21-Year-Old Seattle Cold Case
After reviewing casino security footage, authorities in Seattle have charged a 62-year-old man with the murder of his former girlfriend who went missing 21 years ago. On November 9, 1998, mother-of-one Nguyet “Anna” Nguyen left her home in Burien, Washington to visit...
Ladbrokes Dodges Regulator Fine for £1 Million Hush Money Payments
British retail-betting giant Ladbrokes has avoided a financial penalty after it was found to have bought the silence of the victims of a gambling-addicted fraudster who blew almost £1 million ($1.2 million USD) in stolen money via the bookmaker. According to The...
Potawatomi Tribe Sues City of Waukegan Over Snubbed Casino Bid
The Forest County Potawatomi tribe of Wisconsin is suing the city of Waukegan, Illinois, for rejecting its proposal to build a casino on the site of a ghost shopping mall in the city. The Waukegan casino is part of a sprawling gambling...
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...
