3048 stories by Philip Conneller
Queens Wharf Casino Brisbane, Major Shareholder Linked to Triad Leader ‘Broken Tooth’
Star Entertainment’s Queen’s Wharf casino resort project in Brisbane, Queensland, is part-owned by a Hong Kong company with historical links to a notorious Triad boss. That’s according to a report by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which has linked the company, Chow...
Entain Hit with Record £17M UK Gambling Commission Fine
Entain has been handed a record £17 million (US$21 million) fine by the UK Gambling Commission for a series of “completely unacceptable” social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. Further violations could result in removal of its license, the regulator said Wednesday. Entain,...
Lottery Number ‘Prediction’ Service Busted for Fraud
South Korean authorities have pulled the plug on a group of artificial intelligence websites. The sites claimed to use sophisticated software to predict the winning numbers in the country’s national lottery. Police in South Korea’s Gyeonggi Bukbu Province said they had arrested...
Suncity Junket Agents Plead Guilty to Gambling Crimes on Chinese Mainland
Some 35 individuals linked to Macau’s Suncity junket have pleaded guilty to gambling crimes at a court in Wenzhou, eastern China, Macau Business reports. The 35 are accused of being part of a cross-border gambling syndicate to enable Chinese residents to travel...
Zicam Inventor Swindled Investors in Lucille Ball Scam, Gambled Funds at Las Vegas Casinos
A federal grand jury has indicted the inventor of cold remedy Zicam on fraud charges. He’s accused of bilking investors in a sham TV production company which he claimed had links to the late Lucille Ball. Charles Hensley, of Redondo Beach, Calif.,...
Wynn Harassment Accusers Cannot Use Pseudonyms, Judge Rules
A federal judge in Nevada has once again ordered that nine female Wynn Las Vegas employees must reveal their names if their sexual harassment case against Steve Wynn is to proceed. The women, all either manicurists or makeup artists at Wynn Las...
Bangladesh Bank Heist Casino Owner Gets Accounts Unfrozen
The Philippines Court of Appeals has upheld an order to unfreeze the bank accounts of a Chinese Filipino casino owner embroiled in 2016’s Bangladesh Bank heist. Kim Wong owns the Eastern Hawaii casino resort in the Cagayan economic zone in the Philippines’...
Poker Player Dan Shak Charged With ‘Spoofing’ Precious Metals Markets
High-stakes poker player Dan Shak is in hot water with US financial regulators – again. On Friday, the 63-year-old circuit regular was charged with spoofing the gold and silver markets on the Commodity Exchange Inc. (COMEX). “Spoofing” refers to the illegal practice...
NAACP Sues California Cardrooms for ‘Deceptive’ Sports Betting Ballot Statement
The NAACP has filed suit in California against a cardroom-backed campaign to oppose a tribal ballot initiative on sports betting. The civil rights group claims the use of its name on the campaign is “deceptive and inappropriate.” This is the battle for...
Iowa Greyhound Breeder Gets Prison for $500K Steroid-Peddling Racket
An Iowa greyhound kennel owner has been sentenced to 15 months in prison on doping charges and conspiracy to defraud the United States, The Des Moines Register reports. In January, Jon Stidham admitted peddling half a million dollars worth of performance-enhancing drugs...
