4107 stories by Philip Conneller
GVC Responds to Controversy Over Former Turkish Ops as Shares Nosedive
GVC has hit back at reports questioning the 2017 divestiture of its Turkish arm following the revelation that the controversial operation was offloaded to a long-time associate and current business partner of Kenny Alexander, GVC's CEO. It was known at the time that...
US Tourists Return to DR and Its Casinos After Fears Over ‘Mysterious’ Deaths Abate
US flight bookings to the Dominican Republic have rallied after a sharp plunge last month as prospective visitors were rattled by a spate of allegedly mysterious American deaths in the Caribbean country in May and June. The dramatic fall in visitation was...
WSOP Main Event Officially Biggest Since 2006 at Height of Poker Boom
The numbers are in for the World Series of Poker Main Event at the Rio in Las Vegas -- and reports of the game's demise have been wildly exaggerated. In fact, with the WSOP celebrating its half-century, this is the second biggest...
Montana Casino Customer Who Beheaded Fellow Patron Was Alleged Zombie Fantasist Who ‘Wanted to Eat Brains’
A man accused of decapitating a winning customer at Montana Lil’s Casino in Billings, Mont., was allegedly “obsessed with zombies” and discussed eating the victim’s brain, according to new charges filed in the case. Donald Ray Cherry, 32, and associate Jeffrey Glen...
GVC Boss Offloaded Controversial Turkish Ops to Friend and Business Partner for Free to Keep Regulators Sweet
GVC CEO Kenny Alexander offloaded his company’s black-market Turkish operations to a long-time friend, Ron Watts, with whom he jointly runs a stud farm in Scotland, according to the UK’s Sunday Times. It was widely reported at the time that the Turkish...
African Cup of Nations Match-Fixing Allegations Against Zimbabwe Could Be Dirty Tricks Campaign
Scandal abounds at soccer’s African Cup of Nations, where the Zimbabwean national team – or at least its goalkeeper -- has been accused by media of throwing its final group match against the Democratic Republic of Congo last Sunday. But could the...
Vancouver Man Found Dead in South America Linked to Money Laundering of Drug Proceeds Via BC Casinos
A Chinese-Canadian man from Vancouver who was under surveillance by Canadian Police (RCMP) for his alleged links to a criminal syndicate that laundered hundreds of millions of dollars through British Columbia’s casinos was found dead in Colombia, South America last month. Colombian...
William Hill to Close 700 UK Betting Outlets as FOBT Reforms Start to Hurt
British bookmaking giant William Hill said Thursday it would close 700 of its 2,300 retail betting shops in the UK, a move that could lead to 4,500 job losses. The news comes almost seven months after new rules came into effect slashing...
Appeal Judges Offer Monmouth Park Hope in $150 Million Lawsuit Against Sports Leagues
Appellate judges in Philadelphia appeared sympathetic Tuesday to arguments by lawyers representing Monmouth Park that an unconstitutional reliance on PASPA was damaging to the racetrack’s business, suggesting the scales of justice may have tipped in its favor. This is the attempt by...
Bookmaker Flutter Entertainment Denies Private Equity Takeover Rumors After Shares Skyrocket Mysteriously
A sudden surge in the share price of Flutter Entertainment, the company until very recently known as Paddy Power Betfair, was sparked by speculation it had become the target of an unnamed buyer who possibly planned to take it private. Shares in...
