3301 stories by Philip Conneller
Macau Junkets Have Future If They Abide China, Hints Economy Secretary
Macau Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong said Monday that junkets can play a future role in the gambling hub’s casino industry, provided they abide by the law, Macau Business reports. That means they need to give mainland China, which...
Malta Gaming Authority Exec Fired for Stealing Sensitive Data, Faces Police Probe
Police are investigating a former executive at the Malta Gaming Authority after he was “caught red-handed” misusing sensitive internal information, The Times of Malta reports. The agency’s ex-chief technology officer, Jason Farrugia, is suspected of accessing confidential and commercially sensitive information. Sources...
Pub Slots Money Laundering Probe Launched By New South Wales Criminal Intelligence
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is set to unleash its most powerful criminal intelligence agency. The target: the growing problem of slots money laundering in the non-gaming sector, which includes pubs and clubs. The NSW Crime Commission (NSWCC) will...
Ohio Supreme Court Kills Case Claiming Vaccine Lottery Unconstitutional, Unethical
Ohio’s Supreme Court has tossed a lawsuit brought by a group of anti-vaxxers who argued the state’s “Vax-a-Million” lottery was unconstitutional. The complaint claimed the lottery’s use of public money without legislative approval violated Ohio law. The plaintiffs' campaign group, “Ohio Stands...
Genting, Mashpee Tribe’s $1B First Light Casino Project Comes Back from the Dead
The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts says it still expects to complete its proposed $1 billion First Light casino in the City of Taunton. And Malaysian gaming giant Genting is still on board with the project. That’s despite catastrophic legal setbacks, and...
Ex-Hilton Manager Orchestrates $28M ARIA, Cosmopolitan Ponzi Scheme
A San Diego man who allegedly defrauded investors out of at least $28 million in a bogus hotel room-discounting scheme “laundered” money through Las Vegas casinos, including ARIA and The Cosmopolitan, according to the FBI. Denny Bhakta, 39, was formerly a revenue...
Curacao Online Gaming Rogue Operators May Number 12,000, Dutch Claim
Dutch lawmakers grilled the country’s outgoing government this week on Curaçao’s controversial online gambling regime. Specifically, they wanted to know why 12,000 websites are allegedly permitted to offer unlicensed gaming to countries across the world, including the Netherlands. The question has become...
Macau Government Keeping Junkets in Dark About Post Suncity Future
Macau’s junkets say they are being kept ‘in confusion and fear’ about the future of their industry, following the arrest last month of Suncity CEO Alvin Chau. Veteran junket investor Luiz Lam Kai Kuong told Macau Business Wednesday that the gambling hub’s...
Henry Orenstein, Transformers Inventor Who Revolutionized Televised Poker, Dies at 98
Henry Orenstein, the inventor who gave the world Transformers toys and televised poker, has died at age 98. Orenstein revolutionized poker by devising the "hole card cam," which allowed a television audience to see players’ face-down cards. His invention turned the game...
Crooks Who Used Stolen Card to Buy $5.3M Scratch-off Imprisoned for Fraud
Two small-time crooks who partied hard after they “won” £4 million (US$5.3 million) on a lottery scratch-off ticket were sentenced to 18 months apiece for fraud in Bolton Crown Court, UK, Tuesday. John-Ross Watson, 34, and Mark Goodram, 38, both from Bolton,...
