4178 stories by Philip Conneller
Cleaning Lady Cleans Up with $103 Million World-Record Online Gambling Payout
A German cleaning lady has claimed the largest ever online gambling payout -- €90 million ($103 million) -- an achievement confirmed this week by officials from the The Guinness Book of World Records. The happy...
New York Governor Cuomo Sends $12.3 Million to City of Niagara Falls, Squeezed by Seneca Casino Payment Drought
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has sent $12.3 million in financial relief to the cash-strapped City of Niagara Falls. The city has been struggling with a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall ever since the Seneca tribe stopped...
Caesars Japan Unveils Plans for Yokohama ‘Great Wave’ Integrated Resort
Caesars wants to be big in Japan. At a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday, the US casino giant’s Japanese arm revealed its proposal for an integrated resort, which it submitted to the municipal government...
New Jersey Bill Would Allow Atlantic City Casinos to Employ Workers with Drug Convictions
The New Jersey State Senate will vote Thursday on a bill that would allow ex-drug offenders to be employed by Atlantic City casinos. Under existing law, people who have convictions for drugs are barred from...
Deadbeat Gambler Found Guilty of Murdering Casino Worker with One Punch at Eldorado Casino in Reno
A sore loser who punched a casino worker at the Eldorado Casino in downtown Reno, killing him, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. On Tuesday, Frederick Borden, 65, was found guilty...
New Jersey Goes Crazy for Sports Betting as DraftKings Processes Two Millionth Bet
New Jersey sports betting is going through the roof, according to DraftKings. The daily fantasy sports giant-turned New Jersey sports book operator took its two-millionth bet at some point over the weekend. DraftKings announced via...
Woman Sues Rivers Casino Schenectady for $25,000 Denied Prize Due to Missing Asterisk
Rivers Casino & Resort in Schenectady, Upstate New York, faces a legal suit from a disgruntled gambler who believes she was robbed of her rightful claim to a brand new Jaguar XE, The Daily Gazette...
Caesars, Melco, MGM, and Wynn Submit Japan Casino Plans to City of Yokohama
Japan’s second-biggest city, Yokohama, has received 12 proposals for integrated resorts following a request for information (RFI) process that concluded on September 21, local newspaper, the Kanagawa Shimbun reports. Among the hopefuls are eight international...
Oregon Lottery Sports Betting Launch in November Could Be Single-Game Wagering or Blast from the Past
Oregon will launch a mobile sports book in November, according to SportsHandle. But the big question is what form it will take. Sports Action Reboot? The Oregon Lottery rolled out its brand new online lottery app...
Crown Resorts VIP Revenues Plunge in Australia as James Packer Recuperates in New $66 Million LA Mansion
There was more bad news for James Packer’s Crown Resorts this week. Western Australia’s Gaming and Wagering Commission reported that VIP revenue at its Crown Perth property had plunged despite the company splurging $470 million...