3663 stories by Philip Conneller
Asian Casino Scandals in 2018: From the Philippines to Saipan, Wrong Kinds of Headlines Make the News
Asia and the gaming industry go together like soba noodles and soy sauce. So too, apparently, do Asian casino operators and scandal: there was plenty to go around in 2018. Galaxy’s Quest The Philippines’ strongarm president Rodrigo Duterte was flexing his muscles...
How Las Vegas Changed in 2018 in the Ongoing Wake of the Mandalay Bay Mass Shooting
At one minute after 10 pm on October 1, 2018, the iconic marquee lights of the Las Vegas Strip went dark, as the city paid tribute to the victims of the Mandalay Bay shooting a year earlier. At candlelit prayer vigils across...
Stars Group Off the Hook for $870 Million as Appeals Court Shoots Down ‘Absurd’ Kentucky Clawback Lawsuit
Shares in PokerStars parent The Stars Group shot up nearly eight percent on Friday after a panel of Kentucky appellate judges called a fine imposed on the group in 2015 “an absurd and unjust result.” The panel reversed a 2015 judgment by...
Guns and Gaming in 2018: From Angry Employees to Desperate Gamblers, Violence Hit Industry Hard, Again
High crime rates were the new normal all through 2018 in Las Vegas, a city still reeling from the October 1, 2017 Mandalay Bay massacre. In fact, crime has been rising steadily in America’s gambling capital for several years now. In 2018,...
Michigan Online Gambling Bill Unexpectedly Passed in Final Minutes of Lame Duck Session
In the early hours of Friday morning, Michigan lawmakers legalized online gambling -- a move that largely blindsided industry observers. As the clock ticked towards the end of the final day of the lame duck session, an online gambling bill which has...
Injured Imperial Palace Casino Construction Workers Sue Building Contractor for Negligence
Seven construction workers injured while building the Imperial Palace Casino on the Pacific island of Saipan -- a US overseas territory -- are suing their former bosses for damages, claiming “negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.” The plaintiffs allege that Chinese...
Pamunkey Tribe Finds Site for First Virginia Casino but Must Now Win Over DOI
The Pamunkey tribe believes has found the location where it hopes to build Virginia’s first ever casino. The tribe -- which claims a famous ancestor in Pocahontas -- says it’s in negotiations to buy land in the City of Norfolk, on the...
District of Columbia Legalizes Sports Betting, Grants Intralot Stranglehold on Nation’s Capital
The District of Columbia became the latest US jurisdiction to legalize sports betting on Tuesday. The District Council voted 11-2 in support of Councilman Jack Evans' bill, which will hand a mobile betting monopoly to the district’s Greek lottery provider, Intralot. “We’re...
Ohio Sheriff Who Cracked Notorious ‘Pike County Murders’ Case Accused of Stealing Drug Money to Fund Alleged Gambling Habit
An Ohio Sheriff who handled the investigation into the brutal murders of eight members of one family in the southeast of the state -- a case that garnered national attention in 2016 -- has been accused of using confiscated drug money to...
Judge Takes Five Minutes to Rule on 12-Year Wynn Dealer Tips Battle
Hundreds of Wynn Las Vegas dealers trying to claw back millions of dollars in tips they believe they were unlawfully denied by their employer were dealt a lousy hand by US District Judge Robert Jones on Monday when he threw out their...
