3799 stories by Philip Conneller
FanDuel Signs Sports Betting Deal With West Virginia’s Greenbrier Hotel
FanDuel has inked a deal to offer online sports betting in partnership West Virginia’s historic hotel, The Greenbrier, which provides the intriguing prospect of the site of an NFL training camp offering remote betting on NFL games. The Greenbrier, a luxury hotel...
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 successfully done in Las Vegas for decades....
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 Richmond. Chinese-Australian Dan Bai Shun Jin, 54, was arrested by...
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 a series of unusual weapon-less hits on...
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 cagey affairs, throwing up games between plodding,...
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 from miles around the Fort Lauderdale and...
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 $300 million “Dragon Pearl” casino, told 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 on New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy to...
Galaxy Entertainment Accused of Employee Privacy Violations After Developing Thin Skin Over Typhoon Hato
Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group has been accused of violating the personal privacy rights of its employers after the South China Morning Post discovered it monitors the private social media activity of its employees for negative comments about the company. According...
DraftKings Signs Sports Betting Deal with Kambi Group
Daily fantasy sports giant DraftKings will shortly make the leap into legal and licensed sports betting in New Jersey with the help of the Kambi Group. A Kambi Group presser released Wednesday revealed the deal came ahead of DraftKing’s “imminent sportsbook launch...
