3755 stories by Philip Conneller
AMF Data Leak Could Derail David Baazov Insider Trading Trial
Someone at the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) has blundered and it’s a mistake that could cost the Quebec securities regulator its case against former Amaya chairman and CEO David Baazov. The AMF is prosecuting Baazov, two other men, and three companies,...
Monmouth Park Sues Major Sports Leagues for Damages From Sports Betting Obstruction
New Jersey’s Monmouth Park racetrack is suing the four major sports leagues and the NCAA for damages for thwarting its ambitions to offer sports betting in 2014. The leagues repeatedly blocked New Jersey’s attempt to regulate sports betting within its borders, citing...
Connecticut Governor Wants Online Gaming as Bargaining Chip in Tribal Sports Betting Negotiations
Connecticut’s efforts to fast-track sports betting legislation at a forthcoming special session are going to require some negotiating with the states two tribal casino operators. Governor Dannel Malloy believes the state’s hand will be strengthened if it includes regulated online gaming in...
PokerStars Tosses Hong Kong Real-Money Players into the Muck
For Hong Kong PokerStars players, real-money play is off limits. The online poker giant without warning announced the cessation of real-money options on Wednesday. In an email sent to players based in the special administrative region, it offered no specific reason for...
Caesars Korea Casino Resort to Open 2021, First Asian Venue for Gaming Giant
Caesars Korea -- the casino operator's first foray into the East Asian gaming market -- will be completed in early 2021, according to William Shen, senior vice president and managing director of Caesars Korea and Japan. Shen, speaking exclusively to GGRAsia on...
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice Relents on Integrity Fee Amid Conflict of Interest
West Virginia is pressing ahead with sports betting, minus the sports leagues’ controversial “integrity fee.” State Governor Jim Justice had threatened to intercede on behalf of the leagues and use a special session this week to reexamine sports betting legislation passed in...
Can Sports Betting Save the Atlantic City Race Course?
New Jersey plans to have its sports betting regulations in place by June 7, by which time Monmouth Park will be ready to go. In fact, it was ready in 2014, when only a federal injunction prevented it from unveiling its shiny...
Boomtown Reno Casino Fined for Offering Links to Illegal Offshore Gambling Websites
The Boomtown Casino in Verdi, near Reno, Nevada, was lucky to keep its license this week after it was forced to explain to the Nevada Gaming Control Board why it had provided links on its website to unlicensed offshore gambling sites. The...
NFL Supports ‘Common Sense’ Sports Betting Laws, Sets Out ‘Four Core Principles’ of Regulation
On the eve of the NFL’s spring meeting in Atlanta, commissioner Roger Goodell tentatively embraced sports betting and called on Congress to “enact uniform standards” for states that opt to regulate. These, he wrote, must include four “core principles,” as follows: There...
The Royal Wedding: Odds, Oddities, and Novelty Bets That Did and Didn’t Pay Off
Of all the wacky royal wedding lines offered by UK bookmakers, one that didn’t come in -- to the delight of an estimated two billion global viewers -- was that the now-Duchess of Sussex, née Meghan Markle, wouldn't even show up. At 1,000/1 --...
