3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Florida Lawyer Wrongfully Convicted Over $300 Million ‘Gambling Ring’ Turns Tables on Prosecutors With $50 Million Lawsuit
A lawyer wrongfully imprisoned in 2014 for being the “mastermind” of a $300 million Florida “gambling ring” is suing the state’s former AG Pam Bondi and former Seminole County Sheriff Don Eslinger, among others, for $50 million, alleging malicious and wrongful prosecution....
New Jersey Regulator Seizes $90,000 After Player Gambled Online from California
Caesars Interactive and the Borgata, Atlantic City have been ordered to forfeit more than $90,000 sitting since 2014 in the online gambling accounts of a man who gambled in New Jersey remotely from 3,000-odd miles away in California, the Associated Press reports....
California Sports Betting Ballot Initiative Goes Down in Flames, Gathers No Signatures
A campaign to put sports betting on the California ballot has hit the skids without gathering a single signature of support, but Russel Lowery -- consultant for the group Californians for Sports Betting -- told LegalSportsReport this week he believed he had...
Gamblers Vexed as BetBright Shuts Down, Voiding Outstanding Bets, 24 Hours After News of 888 Acquisition
Customers of Irish online betting platform BetBright were complaining they had been left high and dry this week after the company abruptly ceased trading on Tuesday, declaring all outstanding bets void, with just a week to go before the famous Cheltenham horse...
Real Madrid Stunned by Ajax in Champions League Drama as Dutch Side Overturns the Odds
Soccer superpower Real Madrid went crashing out of the European Champions League on Tuesday night in one of the most shocking results in the history of the tournament. The Spanish team was outthought, outplayed -- and well beaten -- by a brilliant...
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...
