3704 stories by Philip Conneller
Royal Wedding Gets Lined Up by Paddy Power, Special Bets Rule
Royal weddings are as much about staging a global television spectacular as they are a ceremony uniting two young people in holy matrimony -- maybe even more so -- and Prince Harry’s marriage to Hollywood actress Meghan Markle on Saturday will be...
Louisiana Riverboat Casinos to Move onto Dry Land, Sports Betting Still Dead in The Water
It’s land ahoy for Louisiana's riverboat casinos, after lawmakers in the Pelican State voted to approve a bill that will allow the floating casinos to crawl out of the water. The House voted 54-41 Tuesday to send State Senator Ronnie Johns’ (R-Lake...
Paddy Power Betfair in Talks to Acquire FanDuel as It Moves for US Sports Betting Market
UK-based Paddy Power Betfair confirmed rumors on Tuesday that it’s in negotiations to buy daily fantasy sports giant FanDuel, as it sets its sights on the American sports betting market. The bookmaker envisages a merger between FanDuel and its own fledgling US...
Twitch Countersues Controversial Counter Strike Streamer, James ‘Phantonl0rd’ Varga
Twitch Interactive is counter-suing the “celebrity” Counter-Strike: Global Offensive streamer it kicked off its platform in 2016 for promoting skins gambling, rigging contests, and failing to disclose co-ownership of the site he promoted. James “Phantoml0rd” Varga filed suit against the video games-streaming...
Floyd Mayweather Hits Video Poker Royal Flush Jackpot for $100,000
Floyd Mayweather likes to gamble, and he likes to win, which was why Sunday night was a good night for the retired boxing legend. Following last year’s much-hyped bout with Conor McGregor, the Las Vegas resident’s latest opponent was a Ten Play...
Connecticut Tribal Operators to Compete for Future Japanese Casino
Connecticut’s two tribal operators, the Mohegans and the Mashantucket Pequots, may be collaborating on a proposed casino in the north of their home state, but when it comes to Japan, they will be going head to head in what is likely to...
Myanmar Ta’ang Insurgents Launch ‘Casino Reprisal’ Attack, 19 Dead
On Sunday morning, ethnic rebels in Myanmar, formerly Burma, launched an attack on the country’s military in the border town of Muse that left at least 19 people dead and 20 injured. It was described by an insurgent colonel as a “casino...
DraftKings Stakes Claim for US Legalized Sports Betting, Expanding from DFS Only
This morning, the US Supreme Court overturned PASPA, the professional sports betting ban. Now, the scramble to claim a piece of the new American sports betting market begins. DFS giant DraftKings wasted no time in staking its claim in the form of...
Not Again! Another Steve Wynn Picasso Damaged, Pulled from Auction
Has Steve Wynn inadvertently smashed another Picasso? The fallen casino tycoon has put his planned auction of the Modernist master’s Le Marin on hold after it was damaged on Friday, 12 years after Wynn put his elbow through another Picasso masterpiece, Le...
United Nations Bribery Case Gets Macau Billionaire Four-Year Federal Sentence
A billionaire Macau real estate developer -- who wanted to bring a multibillion-dollar conference center to the Asian gambling hub -- was sentenced to four years in prison by a US court on Friday for bribing two UN diplomats. The Federal District...
