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Philip Conneller

In Philip Conneller’s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation.

Philip was the original features editor for poker’s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites.

His news stories for Casino.org/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others.

Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John’s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic.

He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist.

Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC.

Contact Philip at philip.conneller@casino.org.

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4174 stories by Philip Conneller

Lui Che-woo, Billionaire Galaxy Entertainment Founder, Dies Age 95
November 11, 2024

Lui Che-woo, Billionaire Galaxy Entertainment Founder, Dies Age 95

Lui Che-woo, the founder and chairman of Galaxy Entertainment and one of Hong Kong’s richest men, has died, age 95. The casino tycoon and philanthropist was a self-made man who rose from humble beginnings to...

Written by Philip Conneller
Polymarket Whale Funded ‘Neighbor Surveys’ to Win $85M on Trump
November 11, 2024

Polymarket Whale Funded ‘Neighbor Surveys’ to Win $85M on Trump

A mystery French national who won $85 million betting on the US presidential election via Polymarket opted to plump for Trump after commissioning his own polls. The trader, known only as “Théo,” told The Wall...

Written by Philip Conneller
Bar Owners Conned Lottery Winner Out of $12M
November 7, 2024

Bar Owners Conned Lottery Winner Out of $12M

A husband and wife from Spain who schemed to swindle a lottery winner out of more than €11 million (US$12 million) have been handed a three-year prison sentence by a judge in Valencia. The couple,...

Written by Philip Conneller
Car Thief Blinded by Police Taser at Ameristar Blackhawk Sues for Damages
November 7, 2024

Car Thief Blinded by Police Taser at Ameristar Blackhawk Sues for Damages

A Denver car thief is suing a former deputy with the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office who he claims assaulted him and blinded him with a taser in the parking garage of the Ameristar Casino in...

Written by Philip Conneller
Kentucky Downs Casino Café Manager Hired Co-Worker to Kill Love Rival
November 7, 2024

Kentucky Downs Casino Café Manager Hired Co-Worker to Kill Love Rival

A café manager at Kentucky Downs in Franklin, Ken. was sentenced to 40 years in a federal prison Tuesday for the murder of his ex-girlfriend’s former husband. Freddy Gonzalez, 40, hired another employee from the...

Written by Philip Conneller
Elon Musk Faces Class Action Suit Over ‘Deceptive’ Election Lottery
November 6, 2024

Elon Musk Faces Class Action Suit Over ‘Deceptive’ Election Lottery

Elon Musk and his Republican political action committee, America PAC, may be celebrating their contribution to Donald Trump’s extraordinary political comeback but a class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday in a Texas federal court claims one of...

Written by Philip Conneller
Missouri Voters Say Yes to Sports Betting (Just), No to Lake of Ozarks Casino
November 6, 2024

Missouri Voters Say Yes to Sports Betting (Just), No to Lake of Ozarks Casino

Missouri voters appear to have narrowly approved an amendment to legalize sports betting in the state on Tuesday night, but passed on a measure that would have created a new casino license for the Lake...

Written by Philip Conneller
Arkansas Lottery Scratch-Off Disputants Ordered to Split $500K Prize
November 5, 2024

Arkansas Lottery Scratch-Off Disputants Ordered to Split $500K Prize

An Arkansas judge Tuesday put an end to a spat between a worker and his boss over a winning $500K lottery scratch-off ticket. The pair will split the prize 50/50, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette reports....

Written by Philip Conneller
Elon Musk Voter ‘Lottery’ Not Picked by Chance, Judge Hears
November 4, 2024

Elon Musk Voter ‘Lottery’ Not Picked by Chance, Judge Hears

Elon Musk’s controversial scheme to hand out $1 million per day to a “lucky” registered voter in swing states in the runup to Tuesday’s election is “not a lottery.” That’s because the winners aren't picked...

Written by Philip Conneller
$13M from Plundered 1MDB Fund Siphoned to LVS for Gambling
November 4, 2024

$13M from Plundered 1MDB Fund Siphoned to LVS for Gambling

At least US$13 million was siphoned from the Malaysia Development Berhard (1MDB) government fund to Las Vegas Sands properties via a shell company, a financial fraud investigator told a court in Singapore Monday. The money...

Written by Philip Conneller