4008 stories by Philip Conneller
Judge Wants California Cardroom Video Footage in ‘Illegal Games’ Case
A California Superior Court judge in Sacramento has granted a request by a coalition of tribal operators to order dozens of cardrooms to provide the court with eye-in-the-sky surveillance footage of their games. The tribes hope the footage will ultimately vindicate their...
Sevilla Soccer Star Kike Salas Arrested on Suspicion of Spot Fixing
Sevilla center-back Kike Salas was briefly detained by Spanish police Monday as part of an investigation into spot-fixing. Investigators believe the 22-year-old Spanish soccer player deliberately picked up yellow cards, allowing acquaintances to benefit financially from betting with inside information, according to...
Truck Driver Can Keep $2M Lottery Win After Coworkers’ Legal Bid Fails
A lottery-winning truck driver from Surrey, Metro Vancouver will get to keep his $2 million windfall after a group of his colleagues failed to convince a judge they were entitled to a share. Mandeep Singh Maan won the $2 million BC/49 jackpot in...
Churchill Downs Sues Michigan Over Threat to TwinSpires Racebook
Churchill Downs is suing the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) for its efforts to shut down its advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform, TwinSpires Racebook. The regulator issued a summary suspension order against the Kentucky-based company on Monday, stating that ADW was no longer...
Leon Tsoukernik, Poker Player, Ex-Casino Owner ‘Fighting for Life’ after Drug Overdose
The Russian-born Czech poker player and former owner of King’s Resort, Leon Tsoukernik, is fighting for his life after a suspected drug overdose, according to local media reports. Tsoukernik, 51, is believed to have collapsed after taking the powerful intravenous anesthetic Propofol....
Jontay Porter NBA Betting Conspiracy Sees Another Poker Player Arrested
Poker player Shane Hennen on Sunday became the sixth individual to be arrested for alleged involvement in the Jontay Porter insider betting case. Hennen was detained by police at Harry Reid International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Colombia....
Koi Nation Casino Project Gets 11th-Hour Approval from Federal Govt.
The outgoing Biden administration on Monday approved the Koi Nation’s land trust application for a casino in Sonoma County in the heart of California wine country. The decision from the US Interior Department’s Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is the final hurdle...
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...
