3040 stories by Philip Conneller
Daegu Casino in South Korea Bilked Foreign Players for $3.5M, Say Prosecutors
South Korean prosecutors have indicted 12 people suspected of defrauding foreign patrons during crooked games at Golden Crown’s Daegu Casino. The casino is based at the Hotel Inter-Burgo in the city of Daegu in the southeast of the country. It is owned...
Mohegan Sun Chief Marilynn Malerba Named First Native American US Treasurer
For the first time in history, the signature of a Native American will adorn US currency. The Biden administration has named Mohegan Indian Tribe Lifetime Chief Marilynn Malerba as the new US Treasurer. As the leader of the Mohegans, Malerba is the...
Macau Approves Gambling Reforms, Casinos Face Tighter Controls
Lawmakers in Macau have approved sweeping changes to the enclave’s gambling law, ushering in the first major reforms to its casino market since liberalization in 2002. The new legislation will hand Macau’s government greater oversight and regulatory control over its gaming industry....
London Slots Parlor Killer Gets Life for ‘Inhuman’ Attack on Stranger
An Eritrean man who tortured a stranger to death in a London slots parlor has been imprisoned for life for the killing. Abel Berhany, 23, was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia when he attacked Abraham Haile, 56, a...
Nirvana Producer Steve Albini Wins WSOP H.O.R.S.E. Bracelet, Drops It, Breaks It
Record producer Steve Albini has been making noise in the poker world. The former Big Black punk rocker won his second WSOP bracelet Saturday, taking down the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. tournament for $196,089. Albini outlasted 773 players in one of poker’s toughest disciplines to...
ThePokies.Net Targeted in Australia Illegal Gambling Crackdown
Australian communications regulator ACMA has ordered internet service providers to block online casino ThePokies.net after data showed it attracted 30,000 Australians each month. The regulator said it had received reports from customers who claimed they weren’t being paid their winnings or that...
Malta: Europe’s Online Gaming Hub Removed from Graylist
Malta, Europe’s foremost online gambling hub, has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) graylist. It’s news that will have politicians in the tiny Mediterranean island-state and its online gambling industry exhaling. The industry is drawn to Malta by its...
BC Casino Money Laundering Inquiry: Politicians Failed, But No Evidence of Corruption
An 1,800-page report into historical money laundering at British Columbia casinos found no trace of political corruption. But it did make 101 recommendations to combat the flow of dirty cash through the province. Among them is the establishment of a new anti-money...
Michigan Gov. Whitmer Steamrolls Little River Band Casino Proposal
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday rejected a proposed off-reservation casino for near Fruitport, Muskegon County. The decision effectively torpedoes the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians' 12-year effort to build the casino on the site of the former Great Downs racetrack....
Paddy Power Ad Spot Banned for Prioritizing Gambling Over Family Life
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV spot advertising the operator’s Wonder Wheel game for portraying gambling as “taking priority in life over family.” The offending spot shows a young man playing the game in his partner’s parents’ home while...
