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4211 stories by Philip Conneller
Sportsbet Sued by Aussie Gamblers For ‘Illegal’ In-Play Betting
Sportsbet, Flutter Entertainment’s flagship Australian brand, is facing a class-action lawsuit from gamblers who lost money while using its “Fast Code” service. The lawsuit, filed December 24 in the Supreme Court of Victoria, argues that...
Bernard Tomic, Former Tennis World No. 17 Investigated for Match Fixing
Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic was the subject of a match-fixing probe after suspicious betting patterns were detected around two of his matches in 2021 and 2022, The Age reports. The former world number 17...
Judge Wants California Cardroom Video Footage in ‘Illegal Games’ Case
A California Superior Court judge in Sacramento has granted a request by a coalition of tribal operators to order dozens of cardrooms to provide the court with eye-in-the-sky surveillance footage of their games. The tribes...
Sevilla Soccer Star Kike Salas Arrested on Suspicion of Spot Fixing
Sevilla center-back Kike Salas was briefly detained by Spanish police Monday as part of an investigation into spot-fixing. Investigators believe the 22-year-old Spanish soccer player deliberately picked up yellow cards, allowing acquaintances to benefit financially...
Truck Driver Can Keep $2M Lottery Win After Coworkers’ Legal Bid Fails
A lottery-winning truck driver from Surrey, Metro Vancouver will get to keep his $2 million windfall after a group of his colleagues failed to convince a judge they were entitled to a share. Mandeep Singh Maan...
Churchill Downs Sues Michigan Over Threat to TwinSpires Racebook
Churchill Downs is suing the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) for its efforts to shut down its advance-deposit wagering (ADW) platform, TwinSpires Racebook. The regulator issued a summary suspension order against the Kentucky-based company on...
Leon Tsoukernik, Poker Player, Ex-Casino Owner ‘Fighting for Life’ after Drug Overdose
The Russian-born Czech poker player and former owner of King’s Resort, Leon Tsoukernik, is fighting for his life after a suspected drug overdose, according to local media reports. Tsoukernik, 51, is believed to have collapsed...
Jontay Porter NBA Betting Conspiracy Sees Another Poker Player Arrested
Poker player Shane Hennen on Sunday became the sixth individual to be arrested for alleged involvement in the Jontay Porter insider betting case. Hennen was detained by police at Harry Reid International Airport as he...
Koi Nation Casino Project Gets 11th-Hour Approval from Federal Govt.
The outgoing Biden administration on Monday approved the Koi Nation’s land trust application for a casino in Sonoma County in the heart of California wine country. The decision from the US Interior Department’s Bureau of...
Brazil’s Mobbed Up ‘Animal Lottery’ Gets Battered by Online Gaming
Brazil’s new online gambling market appears to have achieved what a century of public prosecutors have failed to do – smash the country’s Mafia-controlled numbers rackets. Brazilians are increasingly rejecting the formerly popular, but illegal...
