4174 stories by Philip Conneller
Pace-O-Matic Can’t Get Kansas Courts to Say ‘Dragon’s Ascent’ is Legit
Gaming machine manufacturer Pace-O-Matic’s efforts to have its dragon-shooting game “Dragon’s Ascent” declared a contest of skill by the Kansas Supreme Court has been shot down in flames. Dragon’s Ascent, currently widely available in Kansas...
Ex-Malta Ministers Face Charges for Links to Casino Owner Accused in Journalist Murder
Two former high-level Maltese politicians should be charged over their association with 17 Black, a company controlled by casino owner and accused murderer Yorgen Fenech, a criminal inquiry has concluded. Magistrate Charmaine Galea presented her...
Bally’s AC Sex Attacker Could See 42-Year Sentence Slashed
A New York man whose sexual assault of a Bally’s Atlantic City housekeeper hastened the enactment of legislation that mandated wearable panic buttons for New Jersey hotel workers could see his sentence reduced. In April 2022, a...
Montana Man Sentenced to 140 Years for Four Aces Double Murder
A Montana man was sentenced to 140 years in prison Friday for brazenly shooting his wife and a bartender to death in 2023 at the Four Aces Bar, a cardroom and slots tavern in the...
Ex Pace-O-Matic Compliance Chief Charged with Racketeering
A former national compliance director for Georgia-based skill games manufacturer Pace-O-Matic is facing racketeering charges for operating “an illegal scam to obtain large sums of money that were derived from … illegal gambling activities,” according...
Cow Creek Coalition Can’t Block Coquille Tribe’s Medford Casino – Yet
A coalition of tribal operators from Oregon and Northern California have failed to obtain a temporary restraining order against the US interior Department (DOI) that aimed to block the final approval of a contentious tribal...
DraftKings Settles ‘Corporate Espionage’ Lawsuit Vs. Former Exec
DraftKings has settled a legal spat with its former head of VIP, Michael Hermalyn, whom the operator accused of “corporate espionage” after the executive jumped ship to its rival, Fanatics. The terms of the settlement...
FBI Boston Ditches Organized Crime Squad as Mafia Loses Bite
The FBI’s Boston arm has quietly disbanded its organized crime office. It’s a testament to the current toothlessness of the New England Mafia, which once controlled illegal gambling, loansharking, and extortion rackets throughout Massachusetts, Rhode...
Poker Player Charged with Murder Posted Bizarre Videos Before Killing
Disturbing videos posted to Facebook by Michigan poker player Craig Michael Bergeron shortly before he allegedly shot an apparent stranger dead suggest the accused was suffering from a mental illness and was spiraling out of...
California Tribes Sue Cardrooms Over ‘Illegal House-Banked’ Games
A lawsuit filed by a coalition of California tribal operators accuses the cardroom industry of offering illegal gambling in violation of the state constitution and the California Penal Code. The suit, filed January 1 in...