3799 stories by Philip Conneller
China Lashes Out at Apple for Gambling, Porn Censorship Violations
Chinese state media has launched a sustained attack on Apple Inc, accusing the tech giant of failing to protect Chinese citizens from gambling and pornography, The Wall Street Journal reports. Criticism began last week, led by state news agency Xinhua and other...
Downtown Las Vegas Will Use Vintage Neon to Relight The Area After Restoration Project Approval
The face of downtown Las Vegas is changing. Last year, the historic Las Vegas Club, which had stood on the corner of Fremont and Main since 1949, was demolished to make way for Derek Stevens’ new casino project. It will be the...
Betting Fraud and Match-Fixing Biggest Threats to Esports, Says Watchdog
Esports’ exposure to skin gambling and other unregulated betting markets is giving it a serious integrity headache. That’s according to Ian Smith, commissioner of the Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC), which seeks to protect esports from cheating. Smith, a lawyer based in the...
MGM and Boyd Gaming Team Up for ‘Unprecedented’ Sports Betting Partnership
MGM and Boyd Gaming have agreed a landmark deal that will allow both parties to offer online gambling services in jurisdictions where either Boyd Gaming or MGM Resorts operate physical casino resorts and where online licenses are available. The agreement will allow...
Beau Rivage and Gold Strike to Launch Sports Betting in Mississippi Wednesday
Sports betting will arrive in Mississippi on Wednesday, as two MGM properties, the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, begin taking the state’s first ever legally licensed and taxed sports book wagers at noon...
Irish President Michael Higgins Calls for Gambling Advertising Prohibition
Irish President Michael Higgins has expressed concern at what as he sees as the negative influence gambling advertising has on sports. Speaking RTÉ Radio 1’s Sunday Sport Higgins called for a blanket ban on the promotion of online betting platforms. It’s a...
Parx Plans to Launch Sports Betting in Pennsylvania Before NFL Season, Despite Punitive Tax Rate
Pennsylvania’s market-leading casino, Parx, is preparing to enter the state’s newly legalized sports betting market through its British technology partner GAN. GAN revealed in a Monday press release that it has entered into an agreement with Parx to offer its SBTech-powered sports...
Ladbrokes Coral Owner GVC Strikes $200 Million US Sports Betting Deal with MGM Resorts
Ladbrokes Coral's new owner, GVC, and MGM Resorts have announced a $200 million venture that will unite the UK’s biggest retail betting operator with one of the world’s biggest casino groups in a joint bid to dominate the newly liberalized US sports betting...
Japanese Gamblers Spend $200 Billion Per Year on Pachinko, But Figures Fail to Tell the Whole Story
Japan’s pachinko industry has been in decline since its mid-2000s heyday, but while the country braces itself for the advent of an international casino industry, new figures suggest its favorite homegrown gambling pursuit is still raking in the cash. Business Insider said...
Crown Resorts Refuses to Pay $270 Million Tax Bill Levied on Aborted Las Vegas Investments
Crown Resorts will take on the Australian Tax Office in court next month in a bid to wipe a disputed nine-figure tax bill. Crown’s $270 million tax headache is related to its two aborted attempts to expand into the Las Vegas casino...
