3754 stories by Philip Conneller
Wind Creek Casino ‘Burial Desecration’ Case Lands in Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court in Atlanta heard arguments Wednesday in a long-standing legal fight between two tribes over the land on which the Wind Creek Casino and Hotel in Wetumpka, Ala., now stands. The Oklahoma-based Muscogee Creek Nation (MCN) claims the Wind...
San Jose Bus Driver Shot Colleague Dead Over Gambling Debt, Police Say
A San Jose, Calif. bus driver allegedly shot and killed a co-worker over an unpaid gambling debt, according to authorities. Duc Minh Bui, 33, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of the first-degree murder of Regulus "Reggie" Teotico, 45, a fellow driver for...
Chicago Suburb Mayor Guilty of Embezzling Gambling Revenues
The incumbent mayor of Ford Heights, Ill., a Chicago suburb, has been convicted of embezzling public money. Mayor Charles Griffin was found guilty by a Cook County judge Monday of theft of government property of less than $100K, but over $10K, plus...
Chinese Soccer Player Spills Beans on Match-Fixing Epidemic
Match fixing was rife in Chinese soccer and reached its peak during the pandemic when games were taking place in empty stadiums. Coaches and managers would buy and sell games from one another, and players would bet regularly on their teams to...
Macau to Unveil Prototype Digital Currency by Year’s End
Macau will develop a prototype “digital Macau dollar” by the end of the year, according to the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR) monetary authority (AMCM). The currency is likely to mirror the so-called “digital yuan,” also known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP),...
Former John Kerry Advisor Arrested After $150M Casino Check Bounced
A politically connected investor was detained in Nantucket, Mass. on Friday in connection with a $1.5 million bad check he allegedly handed to a Las Vegas casino. The arrest of Daniel Burrell, a former senior advisor to former US Secretary of State...
Roblox Underage Gambling Class Action Allowed to Proceed
A federal judge in Northern California has given the go-ahead to a class-action lawsuit that accuses mobile game platform Roblox of encouraging underage gambling. The complaint accuses Roblox of knowingly allowing third-party gambling sites to accept bets using Robux, the platform’s in-game...
Evoke Sorry for Social Media Post Trivializing Hezbollah’s Exploding Pagers
Online gambling group Evoke has apologized for a “totally unacceptable” social media post that appeared to trivialize the suspected Israeli attacks on Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah earlier this week, The Guardian reports. Thirty-seven people were killed and 3,000 wounded in the...
British Columbia Wants to Seize Alleged Casino Money Launderer’s $880K
Authorities in British Columbia have applied to seize CA$880K (US$650k) from an accused triad that's suspected of laundering money through casinos in Canada, the CBC reports. Tujie Lai claims to have become a multimillionaire through the junket industry in Macau. He is...
Denver Man Convicted of Illegal Gambling Racket that Used Sham Crypto
A federal jury in Denver has convicted a local man of running an illegal gambling business that employed a fake cryptocurrency to conceal the exchange of gambling credits for cash. Jonathan Arvay, 38, was found guilty of one count of conducting an...
