3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Jack Entertainment to Close Detroit Office Following Greektown Casino Sale, Laying Off 92
Dan Gilbert’s Jack Entertainment will close its office in Detroit, laying off 92 employees in the wake of the sale of the Greektown Casino-Hotel to Penn National Gaming (PNG) and Caesars REIT spinoff VICI Properties. The news comes via a WARN notice...
Phil Ivey Backers Dan Cates and Illiya Trincher Cry Foul Over WSOP Winnings Seized by Borgata
Poker player Phil Ivey’s financial backers are not pleased with the Borgata, Atlantic City, which seized the player’s winnings from the World Series of Poker Players Championship in June. The MGM Resorts-owned casino won approval from a federal judge to seize Ivey’s...
888 Holdings Delivers Brexit Warning After Profits Tumble
Shares in online gambling giant 888 Holdings slipped more than 10 percent on the London Stock Exchange after the company announced pre-tax profits for the six months to June 30 were down 63 percent on the previous year, to £18 million ($22.2...
Former Colorado Casino Worker Forced Out of Job for Reporting Sex Attack by Customer, Lawsuit Claims
A wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed against the Wildwood Casino in Cripple Creek, Colorado, by a former female employee alleges casino management “retaliated” against her for reporting a customer for sexual assault. The suit accuses Wildwood owner Great American Gaming of failing to...
Nevada Man Leaps to Death From Top Floor of California’s Graton Casino Parking Lot After Breaking Free From Police
A man plunged to his death from the parking garage of the Graton Resort & Casino, near Santa Rosa, California on Monday, seconds after breaking free from police custody. Minutes earlier, it appeared that police had captured Geoffrey Wise Bertagnolli, 24, of...
Case Challenging Rhode Island Sports Betting Constitutionality Dismissed
A judge in Providence, Rhode Island Monday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to have sports betting declared unconstitutional because the prominent Republican who brought the suit had not been personally harmed. Dr. Daniel Harrop, a former Republican Providence mayoral candidate, argued that...
New Jersey Judge Zaps Claim for Shopping Mall Sports Book at Former Garden State Park Racetrack
An effort to establish New Jersey’s first standalone retail sports book in a shopping mall on the site of the former Golden State Park racetrack was shot down last week by a federal judge in Camden. Cherry Hill Towne Center Partners (CHTCP)...
Macau VIP ‘One-Percent’ Generates More Than Two-Thirds of Casino GGR: Analysts
Macau, the biggest casino market in the world, is sustained by a relatively small group of VIP and premium mass players, representing around one percent of its 35.8 million visitors last year, brokerage firm Bernstein said this week. According to a Bernstein...
PGA Tour Follows NFL Lead in Selling Official Data Via New Deal with IMG Arena
The PGA Tour has signed an extended deal with IMG Arena that will grant the London-based sports data company the exclusive right to stream official PGA data feeds to sports betting operators. The new PGA Tour tees off just weeks after the...
Paddy Power Threatened Legal Action After Soccer Team Got Cold Feet in Jersey-Branding Stunt
English tier-two soccer team Huddersfield Town told soccer's governing body in the UK that it was pressured into wearing prohibited outsized logos on its jerseys because Paddy Power threatened legal action if it pulled out of the marketing stunt. The Championship club...
