3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Macau Buoyant as Visitors Splurge $2 Billion On Retail Opportunities Away from Tables
Chinese visitor numbers to Macau are up and the enclave’s retail sector is booming, according to new figures, which suggest its efforts to embrace non-gaming revenue streams during its 2014-16 economic slump has transformed it into a more resilient little gambling hub....
CG Technology to Sweat Possible License Revocation at Nevada Gaming Commission Hearing Thursday
Las Vegas sportsbook operator CG Technology (CGT) will face the judgment of the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) on Thursday, knowing its license to operate is on the line. Last week, the Gaming Control Board ordered the CGT to dump all its sports...
Las Vegas Metro Police Bust Rio Casino Hotel ‘Gang Party,’ But One Reveler Says It Was Only a Birthday Bash
Las Vegas Metro crashed a party of alleged gang members uninvited, when they entered a suite at the Rio Hotel & Casino off the Strip shortly after 2am on Sunday, arresting 12 and seizing five handguns. LVMPD said in a tweet that...
WSOP.com Coming to Pennsylvania, as Caesars Hails Online Gaming License
Caesars Interactive Entertainment (CIE) confirmed Monday that its WSOP.com brand will launch shortly in Pennsylvania along with its Caesars Casino, once regulators agree “go live” conditions have been satisfied. The company was granted a license to offer online poker and casino games...
Landing International Continues Construction of Philippine Resort in Defiance of Duterte
Landing International is pressing ahead with the construction of its $1.5 billion NayonLanding integrated resort in the Philippines’ Entertainment City, despite having incurred the ire of the country’s strongman president Rodrigo Duterte. According to the Philippine Star on Monday, “bulldozers, backhoes, graders,...
Alabama Man Charged in $193,000 Cash Kiosk Box Heist at Wind Creek Casino in Montgomery
Federal prosecutors have charged a Montgomery, Alabama man with brazenly lifting $192,800 in hundred-dollar bills from two cash-dispensing kiosks at the Wind Creek Casino Montgomery, owned by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Timothy Dean Pettiway was arrested on Tuesday, along with...
Backstreet Boys Concert Ends with Injuries as Scaffolding Collapses at WinStar World Casino Concert Venue
At least fourteen people were injured during a Backstreet Boys concert at the WinStar World Casino Resort in Thackerville, Oklahoma when a heavy storm caused overhead scaffolding to collapse on a line of people waiting to get in. According to officials at...
Apple Zaps 25,000 Gambling Apps from Chinese App Store
Apple Inc. has purged around 25,000 gambling apps from the Chinese App Store, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV. In a statement to the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg Monday, the tech giant confirmed it had removed “illegal gambling apps” but declined...
Rank Group’s Grosvenor Casinos Squeezed by AML Clamp Down, Weird Weather, and Lucky High Rollers
The UK’s biggest casino operator, Rank Group, said that the tightening of financial checks on high rollers and a spate of extreme weather in the British Isles -- both hot and cold -- contributed to a 41 percent drop in profits in...
FinCEN: Casino Reporting Led to Outing of Criminal Group Financing Hezbollah from Argentina
Last month, Argentina’s Financial Services Unit froze assets belonging to the Barakat Clan, a powerful Lebanese crime family with links to the leadership of Hezbollah. The clan is accused of operating a fundraising network in the Tri-Border Area of Argentina, Brazil, and...
