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Philip Conneller
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Florida Amendment 3: Polls Swing Against Gambling Measure as Opposition Steps Up Fight
Supporters of Florida’s Amendment 3 ballot measure are not assured victory, despite a $40 million war chest financed by the mighty Disney Corporation and the state’s sole tribal operator, the Seminoles. With only a month...
New Mexico Tribe to Launch Sports Betting Despite Legal Uncertainty
The Pueblo of Santa Ana tribe of New Mexico plans to open a sports book next week at its Santa Ana Star Casino. It’s a move that will test the legal waters in a state...
Sydney Opera House Horseracing Promo Display Sparks Anger and Protests
More than a thousand people lined the quayside in Sydney Harbor Tuesday night in a bid to prevent a light show advertising a horse race from being beamed onto the sails of Sydney Opera House....
Imperial Pacific Blows Through Four Executive Directors in a Year as Latest Chairman and CEO Resigns
Imperial Pacific International has lost another executive. The controversial company is in the process of building the Imperial Palace on the Pacific island of Saipan, a project that has been beset by problems this year....
NASCAR to Establish Sports Betting Rules in 2019, As Dover International Speedway Introduces On-Track Betting
NASCAR will draw up a new set of rules on sports betting to bring itself up to speed with a post-PASPA America. Speaking to the Associated Press at Dover International Speedway on Sunday, NASCAR president...
Interpol Chief Goes AWOL in China and Resigns: Spearheaded ‘Corruption Crackdown,’ Hit Macau Casino Sector Hard
President of Interpol Meng Hongwei has been arrested in China as part of an “anticorruption investigation,” authorities in Beijing said Monday. The international crime-fighting agency said on Sunday that it had received his resignation "with...
Dallas Mavericks Sign Up Maverick Sports Bettor Bob Voulgaris as Strategic Thinker
The Dallas Mavericks’ Marc Cuban has hired sports bettor and poker player extraordinaire Haralobos “Bob” Voulgaris as the team’s director of quantitative research and development. League sources told the sports media giant that Cuban “is...
Eldorado Resorts Takes Control of Tropicana Atlantic City, Fires Entire Online Gaming Team
Just two days after Eldorado Resorts assumed the operations of the Tropicana in Atlantic City, it sacked the entire in-house team manning its New Jersey online casino, according to sources who spoke to Online Poker...
New York-New York Heist ‘Blackface’ Serial Armed Robber Pleads Guilty in Las Vegas
A white man who disguised himself with blackface makeup to rob the cashier cage at New York-New York pleaded guilty in a Las Vegas courtroom Wednesday to one count of interference with commerce by robbery....
FanDuel Urges Florida Players to Vote ‘No’ on Amendment 3, Claims Ballot Measure Threatens DFS, Sports Betting
DFS and sports betting operator FanDuel has joined the fight against Amendment 3 in Florida, a ballot measure that if approved would place all future gambling expansion in the state in the hands of voters....
