3799 stories by Philip Conneller
High Roller Won’t Pay $41.5 Million Baccarat Loss Because ‘Dealer Made Mistakes’
A Singaporean baccarat whale who was flown into Star Gold Coast Casino on its private jet in the hope that he would drop millions at its high-stakes tables initially didn’t disappoint. According to court documents, businessman Wong Yew Choy arrived at the...
Judge Asked to Consider $60 Million Class-Action Lawsuit Over Casino Rama Cyber Attack
Lawyers for Casino Rama in Orillia, Ontario at a Superior Court hearing on Thursday denied that as many as 200,000 people had been affected by a hacker who breached its servers in 2016 and stole sensitive customer information -- they put the...
Controversial Saipan Casino Project Books $415.3 Million Loss in 2018, as VIP Revenue Dries Up
Imperial Pacific International, developer of the Imperial Palace Casino on the US Pacific island of Saipan, posted a $415.3 million loss for 2018, citing a dramatic fall in VIP revenue. This is a far cry from the early months 2017 when Bloomberg...
Washington DC’s Capital One Arena Could Have In-Stadium Sports Book by September
The Capital One Arena will have its own onsite sports book when the District of Columbia launches sports betting. That’s the word from Ted Leonsis, chairman and CEO of Monumental Sports, which owns the stadium, along with the teams that call it...
West Virginia Online Gaming Legalized as Governor Justice Allows Bill to Lapse Into Law
West Virginia’s Interactive Wagering Act lapsed into law on Wednesday after the veto deadline passed without action from Republican Governor Jim Justice. The governor’s quiescence means the Mountain State becomes only the fourth in the US to legalize online casino gaming and...
Senior Citizen Killed at Harrah’s Joliet, Illinois Was Stabbed 26 Times in Frenzied Attack
A 76-year old man who was robbed and killed Sunday in a hotel corridor of the Harrah’s Joliet Casino in Joliet, Illinois was stabbed 26 times in a horrific assault, police said Tuesday. Chicago man Robert Watson, 25, was charged with the...
Amaya Founder David Baazov Sues Quebec Securities Regulator for $2 Million for Malicious Prosecution
David Baazov was once the golden boy of the online gaming industry. Now, he is suing Quebec financial regulator, AMF, over its failed attempted to prosecute him for securities fraud. The founder and former CEO of PokerStars parent Amaya -- which changed...
Sudden Swing in Game of Thrones Betting Market Sparks Speculation About Who Will Sit on the Iron Throne
With less than three weeks to go until the eighth and final season of HBO’S sprawling fantasy epic Game of Thrones, an unusual movement in the betting markets has got “Thronies” chattering. And if you want to avoid a potential but not-guaranteed...
BC Officials Examine Cashless Casinos in Bid to Banish Specter of Money Laundering
Could cashless casinos be coming to British Columbia? Officials in a province that has been scandalized by revelations of widespread money-laundering at its casinos over the past few years are asking the question. Councilmembers for Delta -- a small city in the...
Macau Satellite Casinos Could Be Under Threat in Relicensing Process
The future of Macau’s 20 satellite casinos could be in doubt when the gambling hub’s relicensing process kicks in, post-2022. The casinos are essentially sublicensees of Macau’s “big six” concessionaires: SJM Holdings, Sands China, Melco Resorts, MGM China, Galaxy Entertainment and Wynn...
