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Philip Conneller
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England’s Back-to-Back Wins Provoke Record World Cup Betting Rampage Followed by Media Backlash
England’s unusually good start to the World Cup has prompted a patriotic betting bonanza in the UK, the world’s biggest regulated sports betting market. Betting industry figures seen by The Times newspaper this week suggest...
Kentucky Sports Betting Bill Under Construction for 2019, Currently Imposes Massive Taxes
Kentucky is going all out for a sports betting bill in 2019 amid a nationwide push for sports betting implementation after the recent PASPA ruling in May. On Monday, State Sen. Julian Carrol filed his...
Wynn Las Vegas Dealers Celebrate Supreme Court Decision on Tip-Pooling
The US Supreme Court dealt Wynn Las Vegas’ dealers pocket aces on Monday, when it tossed a petition by the Strip casino to overturn a lower court judgment that its dealers should not have to...
Caesars Japan Bets On Big Stars and Showbiz To Win Japanese Hearts, Minds, and Casino License
Caesars President of Entertainment Jason Gastwirth has hinted that his company’s approach to wooing the impending Japanese casino market will center on bringing big stars to the stage to drive traffic, just as it has...
British Columbia Government Sues Alleged International Money Launderer For Casino Chips
The British Columbia government has filed a lawsuit to get its hands on $75,000 worth of casino chips confiscated from an alleged international money launderer, apprehended earlier this month at the River Rock Casino in...
Las Vegas Strip Security: Alleged Thief’s Unchecked Back Door Access Hotel Crime Spree Unveils Shocking Lack of Precautions
Head-scratching questions about Las Vegas Strip security have reemerged this week, after Danny Roy Salazar was charged recently with six counts each of burglary and grand larceny of property worth more than $21,000 total in...
World Cup Betting: England and Belgium Impress, Germany Bounces Back
The FIFA World Cup moved into its third round of group matches on Monday, which means this free-scoring tournament is now just past the halfway mark. The group stage of World Cups can often be...
Guitar-Shaped Florida Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Casino Hotel Tower Nearing Completion
The Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood Hotel is close to topping off its new 450-foot guitar-shaped hotel tower, which will be an architectural homage to the Gibson Les Paul in blue glass that will be visible...
Dragon Corp’s Blockchain-Powered Floating Casino Concept Capsizes Over Unsigned Contracts, Delayed Payments
Dragon Corp’s plans to “integrate blockchain into the world’s biggest gambling hub” via a cryptocurrency-powered floating casino in Macau may have hit the rocks. This week, Bova Idea, the Norwegian company hired to build the...
Keep New Jersey Casinos Open, Begs Sen. Chris Brown, as State Shutdown Looms
Are New Jersey casinos about to face a shutdown in the wake of a state budget crisis? Not if Garden State Sen. Chris Brown (R-2nd Dist.) has anything to do with it. Brown has called...
