3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Rivers Casino Schenectady Lives Up to Name as Freak Flood Video Goes Viral
A video of floodwater racing through the Rivers Casino in Schenectady, upstate New York went viral on Sunday after it was uploaded to Facebook and viewed by more than 265,000 people. Rivers may have been hoping for the floodgates to open when...
Police Bust Vietnam’s Biggest Ever Online Gambling Ring, 380 Chinese Nationals Arrested
Police in Vietnam swooped on a massive illegal online gambling operation Sunday, arresting more than 380 Chinese nationals in a tightly guarded gated community in the northern port city of Haiphong. Authorities said it was the largest online gambling ring they had...
Losing Gambler Faces Prison Time for Making Instagram Death Threats to Athletes
A gambler who posted death threats on social media to professional and collegiate athletes he blamed for his losing bets and mounting debts is expected to receive a federal prison sentence. According to court documents, Addison Choi, 23, used up to 45...
Former Crown Resorts Employee Speaks Out About 2017 China Imprisonment, Claims She Refused Hush Money
An ex-employee of Crown Resorts who was among those arrested and later imprisoned in China in 2017 for illegally marketing gambling to Chinese citizens has broken her silence on her ordeal and the events that led up to it. Jenny Jiang was...
Work Begins on First New Jersey Standalone Sportsbook, Despite Legal Spat with Parx Owner Greenwood
A developer determined to bring the first-ever New Jersey standalone retail sports betting outlet to the former Garden State Park Racetrack in Cherry Hill has said he is close to choosing a partner to operate a future book, despite efforts by the...
US House Passes Bill That Would Allow Texas Tribes to Offer Gaming
A bipartisan bill backing the right of two tribes to offer gaming operations in Texas was passed by the US House of Representatives Wednesday. The Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo (Tigua) and Alabama-Coushatta tribes have for years been fighting a battle with the...
Gamblers Withdraw Lawsuit Against SugarHouse Casino Over Busted Card Shufflers
Two Pennsylvania casino customers who gambled on suing the Pennsylvania’s SugarHouse Casino because they lost money at a time when the casino’s shuffling machines had gone haywire have decided to cut and run. Gamblers Anthony Mattia of Philadelphia and William Vespe of...
GTA Online Long-Awaited Casino Launches, 54 Countries Blocked from Play Money Gambling
Grand Theft Auto Online fans from certain countries were left disappointed Wednesday. Having waited five years for Vinewood’s Diamond Casino to open its doors, players in more than 50 nations were told they couldn’t buy chips to participate in the casino games...
South Korea Casinos Bounce Back After China Travel Ban
The South Korean casino market is slowly rebounding as diplomatic relations improve between the East Asian nation and the regional superpower, China. South Korea’s gaming regulator reported that revenue for the country’s 16 foreigner-only casinos grew to roughly $1.38 billion in 2018,...
Michigan Governor Whitmer Refusing to Negotiate in Online Gaming Standoff
The Michigan lawmaker behind the push to bring online gaming to the state has accused Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration of “not listening to the experts” and of ignoring his efforts to compromise on a bill passed by the House in June....
