3799 stories by Philip Conneller
MGM CEO Jim Murren in Bitter Multimillion-Dollar Feud with Las Vegas Casino Execs Over New Zealand Winery
MGM CEO Jim Murren was in New Zealand this week to testify against his former friend and fellow casino executive Glenn Schaeffer, once a president of Circus-Circus and the founder and CEO of the doomed Fontainebleau Las Vegas hotel-casino project. Murren and...
Pennsylvania Casino Fined For Admitting Underage Male Gambler Who Claimed to Be 42-Year-Old Woman
The Presque Isle Casino in Erie, Pennsylvania has been fined by regulators for permitting five cases of underage gambling on its premises, including one instance that left security staff with egg on their faces. In August, a 20 year-old-male was stopped at...
New Mexico Lottery Plans to Offer Sports Prediction Game, Without Nod From Lawmakers
The New Mexico Lottery Authority (NMLA) board voted unanimously this week to roll out a sports lottery-style product. The move comes just weeks after Santa Ana Pueblo tribe launched the state’s first sports book at its Santa Ana Star Casino. The New...
Ryan Zinke to Be Investigated By DOJ, Connecticut Tribes Hope Its About Their Casino
Two Connecticut tribes fighting for the right to build a casino in East Windsor, close to the Massachusetts border, may be encouraged by intriguing news concerning US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that Zinke’s own department watchdog has...
Radio Host Craig Carton Goes on Trial for Alleged Ticket-Scam Fraud to Pay Gambling Debt
The fraud trial of New York radio personality Craig Carton got underway on Tuesday. The sports jock -- once one half of WFAN’s “Boomer and Carton” show with former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason -- is accused of scamming investors in a bogus...
William Hill Wagers £242 Million Mr Green Deal Will Rescue It from Domestic Headwinds
William Hill hopes to buy Swedish online gaming group Mr Green & Co (MGC) for £242 million ($308 million). The UK sports betting giant announced Wednesday that its proposal has been presented to MGC shareholders and already has the backing of a...
Gambling Kingpin Whitey Bulger Found Dead in Prison, Homicide Suspected
Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger has been killed in prison in West Virginia. Employees at the high-security US Penitentiary, Hazelton told The New York Times that the notorious criminal was beaten in his cell by fellow inmates. He was found by prison staff...
No Love for Lucky Dragon at Foreclosure Auction, Stricken Property Receives Zero Bids
Lucky Dragon’s unlucky streak continued Tuesday when a bankruptcy auction for the hapless Las Vegas casino failed to attract a single bidder. With no advances on the $35 million base bid, the building became the property of Snow Covered Capital, Lucky Dragon’s...
Soccer Star Cristiano Ronaldo Opens Up About Palms Las Vegas Rape Allegations
Cristiano Ronaldo says his personal life has been turned upside down by allegations that he raped a woman at the Palms Casino Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas in 2009. While the soccer superstar’s performances on the pitch don’t appear to have...
New York Jets and 888 Ink First Ever NFL-Online Gaming Tie-Up, Deal Already Ruffling Feathers
News that the New York Jets have signed a sponsorship deal with 888 came via a New York Post article late Monday. The Post notes disapprovingly that the “the fruits of the deal” were on full display outside the MetLife Stadium when...
