3799 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...
Florida Kennel Owner Bites Back with Lawsuit Against Greyhound Racing Ban
A Florida kennel owner is suing the state for damages after voters approved a motion, known as Amendment 13, to ban greyhound raciing in a public referendum last November. Christopher D’Arcy, who owns the D’Arcy Kennel LLC in St. Petersburg, has hit the...
$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....
China Finally Loses It with Philippine Online Gaming Industry, Demands Punishment of Operators
China’s patience with the Philippine online gambling industry has finally snapped. On Thursday, the Chinese Embassy in Manila urged Philippine authorities to “take concrete and effective measures to prevent and punish” online casinos based in the country that target players in China...
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...
