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4326 stories by Philip Conneller
Daisy Ho: Shareholder Alliance Will Bolster SJM Holdings’ Pursuit of New Macau License
Daisy Ho, chairman of Macau casino giant SJM Holdings and daughter of casino tycoon Stanley Ho, told Bloomberg this week a new alliance among shareholders will strengthen the business as it prepares to bid for...
Florida House Committee Advances Bill to Prohibit Online Lottery Sales
Florida does not sell lottery tickets over the internet -- and if a bill passed Wednesday by the House Gaming Control Subcommittee becomes law, it never will. While New Hampshire has sued the Department of...
Big Fish Social Casino Targeted by New Class Action Lawsuit in Washington State
Seattle-based social casino Big Fish is facing a fresh class-action lawsuit that accuses it of operating “illegal online casino games.” The play-money site was hit by several similar lawsuits last year after a federal court...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
