3662 stories by Philip Conneller
GVC Boss Offloaded Controversial Turkish Ops to Friend and Business Partner for Free to Keep Regulators Sweet
GVC CEO Kenny Alexander offloaded his company’s black-market Turkish operations to a long-time friend, Ron Watts, with whom he jointly runs a stud farm in Scotland, according to the UK’s Sunday Times. It was widely reported at the time that the Turkish...
African Cup of Nations Match-Fixing Allegations Against Zimbabwe Could Be Dirty Tricks Campaign
Scandal abounds at soccer’s African Cup of Nations, where the Zimbabwean national team – or at least its goalkeeper -- has been accused by media of throwing its final group match against the Democratic Republic of Congo last Sunday. But could the...
Vancouver Man Found Dead in South America Linked to Money Laundering of Drug Proceeds Via BC Casinos
A Chinese-Canadian man from Vancouver who was under surveillance by Canadian Police (RCMP) for his alleged links to a criminal syndicate that laundered hundreds of millions of dollars through British Columbia’s casinos was found dead in Colombia, South America last month. Colombian...
Macau Gaming Regulator Conducts Casino Storm Threat Drills as Typhoon Season Looms
Macau’s gaming regulator, DCIJ, has conducted typhoon-response exercises with each of the gambling hub’s six big licensees in an effort to gauge the industry’s readiness for the approaching tropical storm season. The news follows a forecast last month by Macau’s Meteorological and...
William Hill to Close 700 UK Betting Outlets as FOBT Reforms Start to Hurt
British bookmaking giant William Hill said Thursday it would close 700 of its 2,300 retail betting shops in the UK, a move that could lead to 4,500 job losses. The news comes almost seven months after new rules came into effect slashing...
Appeal Judges Offer Monmouth Park Hope in $150 Million Lawsuit Against Sports Leagues
Appellate judges in Philadelphia appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers representing Monmouth Park that an unconstitutional reliance on PASPA was damaging to the racetrack’s business, suggesting the scales of justice may have tipped in its favor. This is the attempt by...
Bookmaker Flutter Entertainment Denies Private Equity Takeover Rumors After Shares Skyrocket Mysteriously
A sudden surge in the share price of Flutter Entertainment, the company until very recently known as Paddy Power Betfair, was sparked by speculation it had become the target of an unnamed buyer who possibly planned to take it private. Shares in...
Ex-NYPD Vice Squad Detective Ludwig Paz Gets Up to 12 Years for Running Gambling and Prostitution Ops
A former NYPD Vice Enforcement Division detective who ran a multimillion-dollar gambling and prostitution ring was sentenced four to 12 years in prison Tuesday, after taking a plea deal to “save his family,” according to his defense lawyer. Ludwig Paz’s wife, Arelis...
Manila and Beijing ‘Not Talking’ About Burgeoning Philippine Online Gambling Sector Illegally Targeting Chinese Citizens
Diplomatic relations between China and the Philippines are at their strongest for years, but there’s one subject that appears to be off the table during increasingly friendly talks between the two nations. Online gambling. It’s something Manila and Beijing do not discuss,...
Illinois Gov. Vows to Beat Wisconsin’s Ho-Chunk Nation with Fast-Tracked Rockford Casino
The Ho-Chunk Nation has been angling to build a casino in the City of Beloit, Wisconsin for the best part of two decades. Now, with the Nations’ casino dreams in the hands of the Department of the Interior, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker...
