3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Jury Selection Underway in High-Stakes LVS Case Versus Richard Suen
A Nevada court began the jury selection process on Monday for the final phase in a 15-year court battle between Las Vegas Sands Corp and Hong Kong businessman Richard Suen. Hundreds of millions of dollars, potentially, are at stake. Suen claims he...
Scientific Games Signs Massive, Decade-Long Deal to Provide Sports Betting to Turkish Government Monopoly
US casino equipment and gaming solutions giant Scientific Games has won a major contract to provide land-based and mobile sports betting technology to Turkey’s state-owned sports betting company, IDDAA, exclusively, for the next ten years. Turkey, a country of almost 80 million...
UK Gambling Commission Survey Shows Possible Decline in Problem Gambling Rates
Problem gambling in the UK may have dipped slightly in 2018, according to new figures from the country’s gambling regulator, the UK Gambling Commission -- but then again, they may not have. While the regulator’s annual Gambling Participation: Behaviour, Awareness and Attitudes...
Crown Resorts Plan for Australia’s Tallest Skyscraper Toppled by Lack of Funding
Crown Resorts’ bid to build Australia’s tallest skyscraper has been thrown into doubt after the company failed to receive more time from the government of the state of Victoria to raise funding. James Packer’s casino giant had petitioned the government to extend...
New York State Gets Online Sports Betting Bill That Could Bring Wagering Kiosks to Madison Square Garden
The push to take New York sports betting online is underway, thanks to a bill presented in Albany Thursday by Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-89th). As well as digital wagering, Pretlow’s bill would allow racetracks and other commercial operations to partner with the...
Genting Cuts Financial Support for Distressed Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
Genting Malaysia is no longer providing financial support to the cash-strapped Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts, but it is backing a legal challenge against a US Department of the Interior decision that torpedoed the tribe’s long-cherished dreams of a casino. Newly elected...
Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam Cleared Over Golden Nugget Brawl
Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam has been cleared of charges of assault and harassment stemming from a fight in the early hours of November 11 in the parking lot of the Golden Nugget Casino. A video of the fracas, between Gilliam and...
DOJ Wire Act Opinion May Freeze New Jersey Players Out of WSOP Online Bracelet Events
The World Series of Poker will mark its half-century this summer. Once more, WSOP.com will be running a series of online gold bracelets events every Sunday, this year from June 2 to July 14, offering players the chance to win some coveted...
Sheldon Adelson in ‘Dire’ Health, Says Lawyer, LVS Confirms Lymphoma Treatment
Las Vegas Sands Corp chairman Sheldon Adelson is seriously ill and undergoing treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, the company confirmed Thursday. The news was revealed by an LVS attorney, James Jimmerson on Monday when he told a Nevada courtroom that the 85-year-old casino...
Benjamin Netanyahu to be Indicted for Corruption Linked to Sheldon Adelson Newspaper
Benjamin Netanyahu will be indicted for fraud, bribery, and breach of trust, Israel’s attorney general Avichai Mandelblit announced Thursday. The news comes just weeks before Israel’s general elections, which would see Netanyahu become the country’s longest-serving prime minister, were he to win....
