3661 stories by Philip Conneller
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...
West Virginia Sports Betting Could Be Running Within 90 Days of Supreme Court Ruling
With a Supreme Court ruling on sports betting expected any day now, lottery officials in West Virginia say casino sports books could be up and running within 90 days of a positive decision. While SCOTUS could deliver a ruling at any time,...
James Packer Resigns from Crown Resorts Board Citing Mental Health Issues
Billionaire James Packer has resigned as director of Australian casino giant Crown Resorts to undergo treatment for mental illness. A spokesman for his private investment company, Consortium Press Holdings, said on Wednesday that Packer was “suffering from mental health issues” and “intends...
888 Mulls German Exit After Court Ruling Threatens Operations
888 Holdings is giving serious consideration to abandoning the German market, the company revealed in an earnings call Tuesday morning. The news follows a German federal court's appeal ruling in November that ordered 888’s German subsidiary to cease offering online gaming in...
Japanese Casino Bill Delayed, Could Miss Boat for 2018
The introduction of Japan’s long-awaited IR bill, which will establish a framework of regulation for the country’s future casino industry, is likely to be delayed until at least April. The task force charged with drafting the new rules has failed to reach...
Parx Casino Wants to Limit Pennsylvania Online Gambling Licensees to One Skin Only
Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino is seeking to limit the scale of the state’s impending online gaming market by insisting participating land-based operators should be confined to just one skin each – or, in simple terms, one gambling website per casino. State lawmakers passed...
