3300 stories by Philip Conneller
New Mexico Horse Racing Regulator Faces Ethics Complaint from Racehorse Owners
A complaint filed by the New Mexico Horsemen’s Association (NMHA) accuses the state’s racing and gaming regulators of protecting private racetracks that allegedly siphoned off millions of dollars. The complaint was filed on Feb. 24 with the New Mexico State Ethics Commission...
IGT Suit On Trump Era Wire Act Reversal Sees DOJ File Motion to Dismiss
The US Department of Justice has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Rhode Island-based lottery provider IGT. It seeks to obliterate the Trump administration’s interpretation of the federal Wire Act. IGT sued the DOJ in November last year in...
888 Fined £9.4M in UK for AML Failings, License Revocation Threat
It could be a case of three strikes and you’re out for online gambling behemoth 888.com. On Tuesday, the UK gambling regulator (UKGC) announced it had fined the operator £9.4 million (US$12.6 million) for social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failings. It’s...
MGM National Harbor Fireworks That Caused Panic Were ‘Diversion for Thieves’
Fireworks set off inside Maryland’s MGM National Harbor Saturday caused a mass exit when patrons feared there was an active shooter inside the building. But police believe the pyrotechnics were conceived as a deliberate diversion so that criminals could steal chips. Prince...
UFC Star Jon Jones Headbutts Police Car in Caesars Palace Arrest: Video
“That's going to be on YouTube tomorrow,” said a drunken Jon Jones, shortly after headbutting a police car outside Caesars Palace. https://youtu.be/7ejDXG4OcjY The UFC star was half-right. It took around five months. Police bodycam footage of Jones’ September 24 arrest outside Caesars...
Tioga Downs Project Was Rife with Minority Business Fraud, Says New York State
Tioga Downs officials and contractors are accused of gaming the system during the harness racetrack’s redevelopment into a racino back in 2016. Officials at the upstate casino improperly claimed almost $3 million in MWBE utilization credit by “hiring” the Milray Food Company,...
Missouri Bill Wants Commercial Gaming in Lake of the Ozarks, Challenges Osage Tribe
A bill introduced to the Missouri legislature would ask voters to authorize casino gaming on or near the Osage River. That would pave the way for a commercial casino at the Lake of the Ozarks, challenging an Oklahoma tribe’s ambition to build...
Kangwon Land Nepotism Scandal: South Korean Lawmaker Cleared of Corruption
A South Korean politician accused of being a major player in the Kangwon Land nepotism scandal has been cleared of all charges by the country’s Supreme Court. Rep. Kweon Seong-dong of the People Power Party was accused of pressuring Kangwon Land CEO...
Israel Lottery Pulled TV Advertising Over Alleged Ex-Mossad Chief Infidelity – Report
Israel’s National Lottery (Mifal Hapayis) pulled its advertising from a popular television network after it broadcast claims that former Mossad director Yossi Cohen had a fling with a married flight attendant, Haaretz alleges. Lottery chairman Avigdor Yitzhaki admitted to the Israeli newspaper...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown Pressured Regulator to Nix Grants Pass HHR Machines
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) has torpedoed an application for 225 historical horse racing machines (HHRs) for Oregon’s last surviving thoroughbred racetrack, Grants Pass Downs. The track’s owner, Dutch Bros. Coffee magnate Travis Boersma, wanted the machines for a new entertainment center,...
