4008 stories by Philip Conneller
Sands Bethlehem Officially Changes Name to Wind Creek Bethlehem to Reflect New Ownership
The Sands Bethlehem is now the Wind Creek Bethlehem, this week officially adopting the name of its new owner, Wind Creek Hospitality. Wind Creek is the business arm of the Alabama-based Poarch Creek Indians, which purchased the Pennsylvania property, along with its...
Hossein Ensan of Germany Wins World Series of Poker and $10 Million First Prize
Hossein Ensan is the new WSOP Champion. At around 1:29 am PT Wednesday morning, the Iranian-born German’s pocket kings survived a check-raise river jam from his opponent, “Super” Dario Sammartino, who held a flush draw and inside straight draw, and the Rio...
North Carolina Passes Tribal Sports Betting Bill, Odds Good on Governor’s Signature
North Carolina is a governor’s signature away from legal sports betting -- albeit strictly of the in-person variety and only on tribal lands. On Monday, the North Carolina House emphatically endorsed a bill that would allow the state’s sole tribal operator, the...
WSOP Final Table: Three Remain as Americans Crash Out, Champion Crowned in Las Vegas Tonight
German poker pro Hossein Ensan will begin Tuesday night’s WSOP finale with the commanding chip lead he has managed to preserve since the cards went in the air on the final table on Sunday night. Tonight, the three remaining players will become...
Online Casino Gaming Has Lift Off in Pennsylvania Through Hollywood and Parx, Poker and Blackjack Have to Wait
Almost two years after Pennsylvania passed sweeping gambling reforms that legalized online gaming, poker and sports betting, the first licensed and regulated real-money online casinos opened for business in Pennsylvania Monday – kind of. After months of rigorous product testing by the...
Macau Junket Suncity ‘Deeply Sorry’ for Offending Chinese Government
Playboy CEO of leading Macau junket Suncity Group Alvin Chau appeared rattled by the recent focus on his company by Chinese state media as he addressed a press conference at the Mandarin Oriental Macau over the weekend. Last week, a financial paper...
WSOP Final Table: Las Vegas Shooting Survivor Garry Gates Closes Gap on Chip Leader Hossein Ensan
Five players will retake their seats at WSOP Main Event final table at the Rio Las Vegas when play resumes tonight. Among them is Garry Gates, a poker journalist and survivor of the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting. Gates has become a...
WSOP Main Event Reaches Final Table, Nine to Play for $10 Million Top Prize
From 8,568, just nine remain. The final table at the World Series of Poker's Main Event gets underway on Sunday in Las Vegas, as four Americans, a Canadian, a German, an Italian, a Serbian, and one short-stacked Brit will play for poker’s...
Burgeoning Philippines Online Gambling Industry to Be Moved Into ‘Hubs’ to Help Ease Social Tensions
The Philippines’ “POGO boom” continues to know no bounds, as Bloomberg reports two online gaming hubs are under construction around Manila that will house the tens of thousands of workers serving the Philippines online gambling industry. POGO stands for “Philippine Offshore Gaming...
12 Million Kenyans Given 48 Hours to Withdraw Funds as Government Shuts Down Betting Industry
A tax fight between the Kenyan government and the country’s multimillion-dollar betting industry escalated suddenly on Wednesday as the government took the most drastic option available. Kenya's Betting Control and Licensing Board has ordered telecommunications companies to effectively dismantle the industry by...
