3884 stories by Philip Conneller
Delaware North to Drop $137 Million on Australia’s SkyCity Casino Darwin
US hospitality and gaming group Delaware North (DN) will acquire the SkyCity Casino Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory in a deal worth $137 million. It will be the Buffalo, New York-based company’s first foray into casino ownership outside the US market, where...
Radio Host Craig Carton Found Guilty of $5.6 Million Fraud to Fund Gambling Habit
Former New York sports radio host Craig Carton is facing a maximum 45 years in prison after being found guilty of securities and wire fraud charges relating to a bogus ticket reselling business that bilked investors out of millions. A Manhattan jury...
Japan’s Loot-Box Mobile Games Industry in Decline as China Levels Up
As the debate about loot-boxes and gambling continues to rage, the industry that started it all is in freefall, Bloomberg reports. The Japanese “gacha” mobile games market has spawned some of the most lucrative digital products in history, generating some $55 billion...
Florida Overwhelmingly Votes to Ban Greyhound Racing
Florida -- the nucleus of greyhound racing in the US -- has banned the sport by public referendum. State residents on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly in support of Amendment 13, a measure that will phase out races by 2021. Some 69 percent of...
Betfred Refuses to Pay Bet Placed on WBA Bantamweight Champ Nonito Donaire by Father-in-Law
When Nonito Donaire captured the WBA bantamweight title in Glasgow, Scotland, on Saturday night it was a triumphant moment for the veteran Filipino-American boxer, who had begun his fight against Ireland’s Ryan Burnett a 12-1 underdog. But celebrations were marred for Donaire’s...
Illegal Sports Betting Linked to Murder of Aussie Gangster John Macris, Shot in Cold Blood in Athens
Police investigating the murder of Greco-Australian gangster John Macris are working on the theory that he was killed because of links to an illegal sports betting operation. Macris was shot dead by a gunman last Wednesday outside his home in a wealthy...
33 Online Gambling Sites Quit Australian Market in a Year
Thirty-three unlicensed gambling operators have left the Australian market over the past year, thanks to enforcement action from Australia’s communications watchdog, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). In 2017, the country’s federal government enacted a raft of online gambling reforms, including...
Irish Government Shoots Itself in Foot Over Betting Tax
The decision to double the Irish betting tax was taken "without a detailed analysis of the economic consequences,” according to a professor of Economics, and could result in a loss for government coffers. In a report commissioned by The Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA), Dublin...
Zynga Social Gaming Founder Mark Pincus Fights Fellow Billionaire Over San Fran Homeless Tax Issues as Midterms Loom
Social gaming billionaire Mark Pincus went to war on Twitter with fellow San Francisco tech mogul Marc Benioff over the weekend, as divisions erupted in Silicon Valley over a homeless tax measure on Tuesday’s citywide ballot. Zynga -- which as of August...
Rapper Drake Accuses Vancouver Casino of Racial Profiling
Hip hop and R&B star Drake has lashed out at a Vancouver casino for refusing to allow him to gamble, accusing it of “racially profiling” him. The Canadian was in town to perform two concerts as part of his Aubrey and the...
