3972 stories by Philip Conneller
Chicago Suburb Mayor Guilty of Embezzling Gambling Revenues
The incumbent mayor of Ford Heights, Ill., a Chicago suburb, has been convicted of embezzling public money. Mayor Charles Griffin was found guilty by a Cook County judge Monday of theft of government property of less than $100K, but over $10K, plus...
Chinese Soccer Player Spills Beans on Match-Fixing Epidemic
Match fixing was rife in Chinese soccer and reached its peak during the pandemic when games were taking place in empty stadiums. Coaches and managers would buy and sell games from one another, and players would bet regularly on their teams to...
Macau to Unveil Prototype Digital Currency by Year’s End
Macau will develop a prototype “digital Macau dollar” by the end of the year, according to the Special Administrative Region’s (SAR) monetary authority (AMCM). The currency is likely to mirror the so-called “digital yuan,” also known as Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP),...
Former John Kerry Advisor Arrested After $150M Casino Check Bounced
A politically connected investor was detained in Nantucket, Mass. on Friday in connection with a $1.5 million bad check he allegedly handed to a Las Vegas casino. The arrest of Daniel Burrell, a former senior advisor to former US Secretary of State...
British Columbia Wants to Seize Alleged Casino Money Launderer’s $880K
Authorities in British Columbia have applied to seize CA$880K (US$650k) from an accused triad that's suspected of laundering money through casinos in Canada, the CBC reports. Tujie Lai claims to have become a multimillionaire through the junket industry in Macau. He is...
Denver Man Convicted of Illegal Gambling Racket that Used Sham Crypto
A federal jury in Denver has convicted a local man of running an illegal gambling business that employed a fake cryptocurrency to conceal the exchange of gambling credits for cash. Jonathan Arvay, 38, was found guilty of one count of conducting an...
Colossus Bets in Gambit to Usurp the Tote at UK Racetracks
Online parimutuel betting company Colossus Bets has launched a bid to usurp the Tote’s longstanding position at UK racetracks. Sources who spoke to The Telegraph said that Colossus has approached the country’s 59 tracks, more commonly called race courses in the UK,...
NagaWorld Employees Will Continue Labor Fight, Vows Freed Union Leader
A Cambodian trade union leader released from prison this week after serving 15 months for organizing a strike at the NagaWorld casino resort in capital Phnom Pehn has vowed to continue her fight. Chhim Sithar was arrested in November 2022 as she...
$2.7B Kindred Group Takeover by French Lottery Giant FDJ Approved — With Caveat
French antitrust regulators have approved the proposed $2.7 billion acquisition of Stockholm-listed online gambling giant the Kindred Group by Française des Jeux (FDJ), France’s lottery monopoly. However, regulator l’Autorité de la Concurrence (the Competition Authority) insisted there must be a clear separation...
$7M Mitt Romney Bet Highlights Dangers of US Election Wagers, CFTC Warns
The Commodities and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday cited a $7 million bet on Mitt Romney to win the 2012 presidential election as an example of how results could be manipulated if the US were to permit wagering on political events....
