4008 stories by Philip Conneller
Sheldon Adelson Gets 100 Percent Raise to $26.1 Million
LVS chairman and CEO Sheldon Adelson is rich, even for a casino mogul. In fact, he’s the richest casino mogul on the planet, according to Forbes’ Billionaires List, and the 21st richest man in the world, with an estimated fortune of $38.5 billion....
PokerStars Blocks Play Money Games in Washington State, Federal Judgment Unnerves Social Gaming Industry
PokerStars has blocked free-to-play games in Washington State. According to the State Gambling Commission, the online poker giant is one of several providers of "freemium" social casino-style games that opted to withdraw services to state residents last week, following a federal court...
Ocean Resorts to Bring Hyatt Hotel Brand to Atlantic City
Ocean Resort Casino, formerly Revel, is joining the Hyatt brand. The resort is gearing up to open this summer, almost four years after Revel closed its doors in financial crisis. And when it does, its 1,399 hotel rooms will be operated by...
PokerStars Ad Banned for Painting Recklessly Skewed Picture of Bluffing in Poker
The UK’s advertising watchdog has banned a TV ad spot for online poker giant PokerStars for implying that reckless bluffing can be a financially rewarding strategy for amateur players. The Advertising Authority said it felt the spot oversimplified the game in a...
Florida Legislature Special Session a ‘Genuflection to the Gambling Industry,’ Says Anti-Casino Group
Influential Florida anti-gambling group NoCasinos has claimed the state legislature’s call for a special session to address gambling issues is “a fictional crisis manufactured by gambling lobbyists.” Over the last two years, the legislature has failed to pass sweeping gambling reform packages...
New Sports Betting Bills Suggest Leagues are Compromising on Integrity Fee
New sports betting bills that have surfaced over the past few weeks in New York, Kansas and now Connecticut suggest that the NBA and MLB are prepared to compromise in their demands for a cut of a future market The leagues have...
Big Fish Casino Constitutes Illegal Online Gambling, Rules Federal Judge
In what could prove to be a landmark decision with troubling connotations for the social games industry, a federal judge in Washington state has ruled that social casino app Big Fish Casino constitutes illegal online gambling. Judge Milan D. Smith of the...
Privacy Expert Says Vegas Hard Rock Engaged in Shady Data Harvesting
The Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas may have secretly harvested its patrons’ mobile phone data for marketing purposes, according to a former digital marketing researcher who claims to have worked on the campaign. As the world comes to grips...
Lottoland Denounces Australia’s Bill to Ban Secondary Lotteries
Australia’s federal government on Tuesday said it would introduce legislation to prohibit secondary lotteries, such as Lottoland, which let customers bet on the outcomes of lotteries across the world rather than having to buy a ticket for the draw. The concept is...
Steve Wynn Sells Entire Stake in Wynn Resorts, Galaxy Entertainment Buys 5 Percent
His signature may be emblazoned across its giant, gleaming casino properties from Las Vegas to Macau, but Steve Wynn no longer owns a stake in Wynn Resorts. Until Wednesday, Wynn was the company’s biggest shareholder, but, on Thursday, facing a myriad of...
