4107 stories by Philip Conneller
Zynga Stock Hits Seven-Year High on Record Q1 Revenues: Turnaround Complete, Says Social Giant
Shares in social games giant Zynga soared to their highest levels since May 2012 on Thursday, despite the San Francisco-based company booking a worse-than-expected loss. Zynga reported Q1 net losses of $129 million, more than double its previous guidance of $59 million....
Paula Abdul Wows Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas, Flamingo Residency Is Next
Pop veteran Paula Abdul is the latest performer to announce a Las Vegas residency. The Straight Up singer was straight up with Billboard this week when she told the entertainment-media juggernaut she will commence a series of shows at the Flamingo later...
Maine Lawmakers Debate Authorizing Native American Gaming with Casino Owned by Four Tribes
Lawmakers in Maine are debating legislation that would pave the way for the state’s first ever tribal casino and third gaming venue in all. Rep. Benjamin Collings’ (D-Portland) bill would authorize the state’s four federally recognized tribes -- the Passamaquoddy, the Penobscot,...
British Columbia’s Casino Money Laundering Problem Exploded in the Late 1990s: Whistleblower
British Columbia has been rocked by financial scandal following revelations that its casinos had become “laundromats for organized crime” over the past decade, with Chinese criminal gangs transforming the province into a global money-laundering hub with links to the fentanyl epidemic. But...
Montana Casino Robber with Molotov Cocktail Was Copying His Dad, Says Ex
A man who tried to rob the Magic Diamond Casino in Bozeman, Montana, while high on meth and armed with a Molotov cocktail, was following in his father’s footsteps, according to his ex-wife. On Saturday morning, Jacob Burritt, 27, walked into the...
Mobile-Only Tennessee Sports Betting Bill Approved, Will Lapse into Law Unsigned, Says Governor
Tennessee Republican Governor Bill Lee is expected to allow a sports betting bill to lapse into law after it was passed 19-12 by the Senate on Tuesday morning, just six days after being ratified by the House. The bill is notable because...
Game of Thrones Betting: Battle of Winterfell Produces Lower Death Count Than Expected
For lovers of Game of Thrones death-pool betting going into Sunday’s earth-shattering episode, it wasn’t so much a matter of “who will die?” as “who will live?” as the remorseless Army of the Dead prepared to descend on Winterfell. In fact, given...
California Casino Run by Powerful Polygamous Mormon Sect Could Lose License
A California casino owned by members of a Mormon fundamentalist sect has been operating under a provisional license for the last two decades, despite a regulator’s recommendation it be denied full licensing back in 2008, The Salt Lake Tribune reports. Lake Elsinore...
Pennsylvania Must Return Millions to Top Casinos, Per State Supreme Court Tax Ruling
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court has ruled the state must return millions of dollars to its most successful casinos because they were required to contribute to a special fund that would benefit competitors while receiving nothing in return. The state’s top court on Friday...
Virginia Economic Development Director Who Claimed She Was Big Casino Winner Was Big Loser, Embezzlement Probe Shows
A former Royal-Warren County, Virginia economic development director who boasted to local press last year of winning over a million dollars on slot machines actually lost $753,207 from 2014 to 2018, according to records subpoenaed from the Hollywood Casino in Charles Town....
