3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Blackjack Error Led to Lawsuit Against Encore Boston Harbor
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has said a preliminary investigation into the Encore Boston Harbor’s blackjack games suggest the casino is fully compliant with regulations and there is no evidence it has been cheating its customers. The regulator’s statement follows a class-action lawsuit,...
EPL Star Daniel Sturridge Sanctioned for Leaking Insider Betting Information to Brother
Ex-Liverpool and England soccer star Daniel Sturridge has been penalized by the English Football Association (FA) for leaking insider information about his movement in the transfer market. But the FA said it was disappointed that an independent regulatory commission had dismissed nine...
New Jersey Lottery Scratch-Off Cop Sent for Electric Shock Therapy, Sues ‘Corrupt’ Department
A New Jersey police corporal says he was bullied into attending a gambling addiction clinic after buying lottery tickets, where he was forced to endure “neurological testing with electrical shocks applied to (his) head.” Corporal Rick Vanderclock is suing the Wayne County...
Kenya Orders Deportation of Foreign Online Sports Betting Execs After Dramatic Industry Shut Down
The Kenyan Interior Ministry has ordered 17 foreign directors of Kenyan-facing internet sports betting companies to be deported from the country immediately, the Associated Press reports. The move comes a week after the government effectively shut down Kenya’s regulated online betting industry,...
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...
Rivers Casino Opens First New York Sports Book, State Rep. Gary Pretlow Promises Mobile Next Year
Sports betting came to New York State on Tuesday – or at least one tiny corner of it. First-into-the-market kudos goes to Rivers Casino near Schenectady, which opened its sports book six years after New York voters approved sports betting via public...
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...
