3799 stories by Philip Conneller
Hawthorne Race Course Denies Running Sick Horses to Boost Betting Numbers
The Hawthorne Race Course near Chicago has denounced a RICO lawsuit brought by a former board member that accuses it of racing sick and injured horses, describing it as “false and misguided.” The complaint, filed last week by veterinarian Christine Tuma, claims...
Ex-MGA Chief Conviction Upheld for Tipping Off Casino Owner Murder Suspect
Former Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) chief executive Heathcliff Farrugia saw his conviction for corruption upheld on appeal this week. Farrugia was found guilty in May of unlawfully disclosing information he had obtained by virtue of his office and revealing professional secrets. That...
Connecticut Woman Arrested Over Death of Famous Poker Player’s Dog
Authorities in Connecticut have arrested a 64-year-old woman in connection with the death of poker player Bart Hanson’s dog. Jacqueline Witt is charged with four misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty and one felony count of tampering with evidence after she dumped the...
South Korea’s Son Jun-ho Claims Chinese Police Coerced Match-Fixing Confession
A South Korean international soccer player who was one of 43 people banned by the Chinese Football Association (CFA) on Tuesday for alleged corruption claims he was threatened by Chinese police into falsely confessing to match-fixing. During a tearful press conference in...
China Soccer Purges 60 Players, Officials in Corruption and Gambling Probe
China’s Football Association (soccer) has banned 43 players and officials from the sport for life following a widespread investigation into corruption and match-fixing. Among the group are former Chinese internationals Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, and Gu Chao. Current South Korea international Son...
Florida Woman with Nine Straight Lottery Prizes Wins Trip to County Jail
For a woman cashing in her ninth scratch-off lottery ticket win of the day, Samantha Young’s luck seemed just too good to be true. And it was. Young, 38, is a career criminal who had just helped herself to $1,500 worth of...
Former Judge Sam Hou Fai to Stand Unopposed for Macau Leadership
Macau’s former top judge will soon attain the highest leadership position in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). On Tuesday, Sam Hou Fai received a record 96% of the nominations to become the sole candidate for the chief executive position from a 400-strong...
German Soccer Officials Probe Claims that Match-Fixing Info Was Sold on Dark Web
German authorities are investigating a possible match-fixing and betting fraud syndicate at work in the country’s lower soccer leagues. That’s after reporters at The Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper discovered message logs detailing information about fixed games apparently for sale on the dark web....
Star Gold Coast Can Recoup $38.7M Debt from Billionaire Ex-Betting Exec
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that a high-rolling Singaporean billionaire with links to the online betting industry must pay the Star Gold Coast an AU$38.7 million (US25.7 million) gambling debt, The Brisbane Times reports. Dr Yew Choy Wong ran up an...
Kalshi Can Offer Event Contracts on US Election, Rules Federal Judge
A federal judge in Washinton, DC on Friday cleared the way for financial exchange and prediction platform Kalshi to offer markets on the outcome of the US election via event contracts. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates the exchange, had...
