3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Bludgeoned Gambling Kingpin Whitey Bulger Hoped to Die Quietly in Sleep, Per Letters to Gangster Friend
Notorious South Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger may be the only person in history to have died because his health dramatically improved. The gambling and extortion kingpin who spent 16 years on the run from federal authorities was beaten to death last...
Gambler Gets Life Sentence for Punch That Killed Reno Eldorado Casino Manager
A Reno gambler who went from being just another a sore loser to a murderer in a matter of a few catastrophic minutes will spend the rest of his life in prison. Frederick Douglas Borden, 65, was sentenced to life without the...
UKGC Turns Screws on Errant Licensees With £14 Million in New Fines
The UK Gambling Commission continues to pile regulatory pressure -- and seven-figure fines -- on wayward online gaming companies. On Thursday, the regulator announced three operators had been hit with a total of £14 million ($18 million) in penalties for lax anti-money...
Las Vegas Exec Who Subsidized Gambling with $1.5 Billion Ponzi Scheme Guilty of Fraud
A Las Vegas CEO who funded a luxury gambling lifestyle through a $1.5 billion Ponzi scheme was found guilty of fraud and money laundering by a jury in Nevada on Tuesday. Japanese-American Edwin Fujinaga, 72, bilked thousands of mainly Japanese citizens into...
Washington D.C. Council Drops League Demands from Sports Betting Plan
In a snub to America’s sports leagues, D.C. City Council has removed language from its sports betting bill that would have seen the leagues reap a so-called “integrity” fee from a future wagering market, SportsHandle reports. The Council has also removed the...
Potawatomi Tribe Will Withhold $250 Million in Payments to Wisconsin if Competing Tribe’s Plan Comes to Fruition
The Potawatomi tribe has agreed an amended compact with Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, putting to bed a 15-year dispute over gambling expansion and revenue-share payments. Under the terms of the new agreement, the tribe will withhold $250 million in payments to the state...
Eighty Percent of UK Gambling Marketing Spend Now Goes Online
Online advertising now accounts for 80 percent the UK gambling industry’s marketing spend, according to new research for GambleAware, the country’s leading independent gambling charity. The study, by Regulus Partners, found that British betting companies have ramped up their marketing expenditure by...
Russia Sues Google For Ignoring Web Censorship Demands
Russia’s media watchdog is suing Google for failing to comply with government censorship rules. Telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor accuses the search giant of refusing to remove banned websites from search results, after new laws came into effect requiring it to do so earlier...
MLB Signs Historic Sports Betting Deal with MGM Resorts
Major League Baseball has inked its first ever bona fide sports betting deal, with MGM Resorts International. The league -- once so resistant to the idea of regulated betting on its games -- joins the NBA and the NHL in calling MGM...
Nebraska Lottery Won’t Pay Out on 405 Misprinted Scratch-Off Tickets
The dreams of scores of Nebraskans were crushed this week when they were told they had not won the lottery and would not be paid on their “winning” tickets because of a printing snafu. In September, players believed they had won prizes...
