3943 stories by Philip Conneller
Brazil’s Mobbed Up ‘Animal Lottery’ Gets Battered by Online Gaming
Brazil’s new online gambling market appears to have achieved what a century of public prosecutors have failed to do – smash the country’s Mafia-controlled numbers rackets. Brazilians are increasingly rejecting the formerly popular, but illegal “jogo do bicho,” or “animal game,” for...
Feds Approve Controversial Scotts Valley Pomo, Coquille Tribal Casinos
The outgoing Biden administration approved land trust applications Friday for two controversial tribal casinos, one in the San Francisco Bay Area and another in southern Oregon. The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians’ proposed $700 million casino would be built in Vallejo...
Cedar Rapids Casino Blocker Bill Expected Next Week
A bill that would prevent any new casinos from being built in Iowa within the next few years is expected to drop early in the new legislative session, which starts Monday. House Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R-Wilton) told Iowa’s News Now that the...
Star Entertainment Settles Superyacht Spat Amid Dire Cashflow Crisis
Embattled Australian casino operator Star Entertainment has resolved a spat over a luxury super yacht by selling the vessel to the wealthy businessman who sued the company last year for allegedly welching on the deal. Faced with a severe liquidity crisis that...
World Series of Poker Champ James Bord to Buy Sottish Soccer Team
World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) champion James Bord is on the brink of acquiring Scottish Championship soccer team Dunfermline Athletic. The Brit, who won the WSOP’s European Main Event in London in 2010 for $1.1 million, is leading a consortium of...
Chinese TV Actor Kidnapped, Trafficked to Myanmar Scam Center
A Chinese actor lured to Thailand by the promise of a television shoot with a major Thai entertainment company was kidnapped, smuggled over the border to Myanmar, and set to work in a scam center in a notorious casino town, authorities say....
Illinois Bill Would Authorize $150M Racino in Decatur
Forget Sin City, a casino, harness track, and 60,000-square-foot sports complex could be coming to “Soy City,” aka Decatur, Ill., “the Soybean Capital of the World.” Decatur was not one of five locations earmarked for regional casino licenses by the massive gambling...
Bet365’s Denise Coates Takes Pay Cut to (a Paltry) £150 Million
Britain’s best-paid woman, Bet365 CEO Denise Coates, cut her pay by almost half last year. But the billionaire businesswoman still took home £150 million (US$188 million) in salary and dividends, according to the company’s latest accounts. The pay drop comes despite soaring...
Pace-O-Matic Can’t Get Kansas Courts to Say ‘Dragon’s Ascent’ is Legit
Gaming machine manufacturer Pace-O-Matic’s efforts to have its dragon-shooting game “Dragon’s Ascent” declared a contest of skill by the Kansas Supreme Court has been shot down in flames. Dragon’s Ascent, currently widely available in Kansas truck stops and convenience stores, resembles the...
Ex-Malta Ministers Face Charges for Links to Casino Owner Accused in Journalist Murder
Two former high-level Maltese politicians should be charged over their association with 17 Black, a company controlled by casino owner and accused murderer Yorgen Fenech, a criminal inquiry has concluded. Magistrate Charmaine Galea presented her recommendation to prosecute Keith Schembri and Konrad...
