3972 stories by Philip Conneller
Canadian TV Hockey Analyst Fired for Leaking Insider Info on NHL Drafts
An NHL insider information scandal was behind the mysterious disappearance of a veteran Canadian NHL analyst from the airwaves, The Athletic has discovered. Jeff Marek is a familiar face to Canadian hockey fans, but he has been conspicuously absent from sports channel...
‘Australian of the Year’ Results Leaked for Insider Betting Three Years in a Row
An Aussie postal service worker whose job was to organize the creation of special stamps commemorating the “Australian of the Year” appeared in court this week on insider betting charges. Dale Tristan Young was in the rare position to know the winner...
Poker Player Allen ‘Chainsaw’ Kessler Talks About His $1.2M Slot Jackpot at Thunder Valley Resort
Poker player Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler hit a mind-blowing $1.2M jackpot playing a slot machine at the Thunder Valley Resort in Northern California on Monday. The aftermath of the seismic win was videoed by “Chainsaw” himself and posted to social media Tuesday. It...
Alaska’s Second Gaming Hall Gets Federal OK After Tribe’s 25-Year Wait
A proposal by the Native Village of Eklutna, an Alaska Native group, to build an electronic bingo hall on its land 20 miles outside of Anchorage has been signed off by the federal government. That’s more than a quarter of a century...
Bungling Gambler in Alabama Baseball Insider-Betting Scandal Sentenced
Bert Neff, an obscure Indiana youth baseball coach, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for his role in an insider betting scandal that ended the career of University of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon. In March, Neff pleaded guilty to obstruction...
Massachusetts Online Lottery Legalized for Late 2025 Launch
On Monday, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey (D) legalized online lottery sales when she signed the state’s $58 billion budget package. The move, which has long been mooted in Boston, will “allow the lottery to keep pace with its competition and reach a...
Russian Gambler on Video Poisoning Parents May Have Killed More, Cops Say
A gambler from the city of Balashikha in Russia’s Moscow Oblast has been caught on video secretly poisoning his mother and stepfather as part of a plot to inherit their money. Now, Russian police believe he may have killed more people. Artyom...
Clueless Lottery Player Misses Out on £11M Jackpot
When a UK man matched all six numbers on the country’s National Lottery, he naturally began dreaming of how to spend the £11 million (US$14.2 million) jackpot. Mark Fletcher, a 49-year-old dad from Wigan, England, faded odds of 41 million to one...
Florida Gambling Den Owner Wants Confiscated $142K Back
The owner the Golden Nugget Arcade in Palm Beach Gardens is asking authorities to return the $142,029 in cash seized from the venue when it was shut down for illegal gambling and money laundering in September 2022. Cynthia Patel, from Dayton, Ohio,...
European Soccer Sponsorship Linked to Tech Crime Network Involved in Human Trafficking
Investigators have uncovered the existence of a shadowy criminal tech group that acts as a “full cybercrime supply chain” for dozens of online gambling brands targeting the Chinese market. The group, dubbed “Vigorish Viper” by cybersecurity investigator Infoblox, appears to be the...
