3833 stories by Philip Conneller
Washington D.C. Gifts Sports Betting Contract to Intralot, Aims to Launch by Fall
Washington D.C. could have sports betting by the fall, after the D.C. Council voted Tuesday to sidestep standard procurement procedures and award the contract to its current lottery provider, Intralot. The snappily-titled Sports Wagering Procurement Practices Reform Exception Act of 2019 passed...
SJM to Complete Karl Lagerfeld Hotel at Grand Lisboa Palace in Honor of Iconic Designer
Asian casino giant SJM Holdings has said the Karl Lagerfeld-designed hotel tower of its under-construction Grand Lisboa Palace resort will be completed as a “legacy to Lagerfeld’s creative genius.” The 85-year-old German-born fashion designer and longtime creative director of Chanel and Fendi...
Sheldon Adelson-Backed Israeli Lunar Mission Prepares for Blast Off Friday
First, he conquered Las Vegas, then Macau, now… the moon! An Israeli space project, SpaceIL, bankrolled by LVS chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is preparing to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday from Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher. From there,...
Appeal Launched After Alleged $3 Million Star Casino Sydney Cheating Ring Acquitted
Prosecutors in New South Wales, Australia are appealing a decision that saw three people accused of cheating the Star Casino Sydney out of A$3 million ($2.14 million) sensationally walk free late last year, reports The Sydney Morning Herald. Two high-rolling gamblers and...
El Paso’s Tigua Pueblo Tribe Ordered to Shutter Speaking Rock Casino, Ops Ruled Illegal Under Texas Law
The Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe -- also known the Tigua Pueblo -- has been dealt a body blow in its 25-year battle with the State of Texas over its right to operate casino-style gaming on its El Paso reservation, Texas Monthly...
K-Pop Music Star Shoo Convicted in South Korea for Recurrent Gambling Abroad
Shoo, a K-Pop singer and actress -- real name Yoo Soo-young -- was handed a six-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, by a court in Seoul on Monday for the crime of “gambling habitually in foreign countries.” The South Korean celebrity...
PayPal Bashed Over Credit ‘Lag’ That Let Gambler Spend £150,000 in a Day
The use of PayPal as a deposit method for online gambling sites is letting some players bypass limits on their checking counts and credit cards and leading to massive overspending, The Guardian reports. The UK newspaper has learned of a case where...
Suffolk Downs Files Incendiary New Claims Against Former Massachusetts Gaming Commissioner, Everett Mayor in $3 Billion Wynn Resorts Lawsuit
Sterling Suffolk Racecourse LLC – owner of Massachusetts racetrack Suffolk Downs – has added two explosive new claims to its lawsuit against Wynn Resorts, which seeks to demonstrate the company “conspired to fix” the 2014 bidding process for a single license to...
Casino Guest Free to Sue Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City After Sun Deck ‘Cooked’ His Foot
A guest at Harrah’s Resort, Atlantic City whose diabetic neuropathy meant he failed to realize his foot was “cooking” as he stood on a sun deck can sue the casino company, a federal judge in New Jersey ruled Friday. NJ.com reports that...
Judge Rules Pequots Can Revive Lawsuit Against Former Interior Sec. Zinke, Alleging Filibustering on East Windsor Casino
A federal judge in Washington D.C. ruled Friday that the Mashantucket Pequot tribe of Connecticut can renew a lawsuit against former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Politico reports. The suit, which was initially dismissed last year, accuses the Department of the Interior of...
