3259 stories by Philip Conneller
888 Holdings Close to Acquiring William Hill’s European Operations with £2B Offer
888 Holdings (LON: 888) says it is in "advanced discussions" with Caesars Entertainment Inc to acquire William Hill’s European operations. The Gibraltar-based company made the announcement in a filing to the London Stock Exchange Tuesday morning, hours after an apparently premature report in...
US Supreme Court May Legalize Texas Tribal Gaming, Potentially Influencing Other States
The Biden administration is pushing the US Supreme Court to recognize the gaming rights of two Texas tribes -- the Tigua and Alabama Coushatta. But according to Native American gaming experts, the case could have the knock-on effect of legitimizing Class II...
Flutter Entertainment Introduces £/€500 Monthly Loss Limit for Under 25s
Flutter Entertainment, the world’s biggest online gambling company, has imposed a £500 (US$692) and €500 (US$593) loss limit for customers under 25 in the UK and Ireland, respectively. The cap comes as Flutter seeks to pre-empt a UK government review of the...
Lost Letter Reveals Mathematician Alan Turing Roulette System Analysis
British mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing is sometimes credited with building the world’s first computer. But three years before he developed his Turing Machine, he turned his formidable intellect to gambling. And a decade before he famously helped crack the Nazi’s Enigma...
Federal Judge Rules Texas Tribe’s Embattled Gaming Hall is Legit
A US magistrate judge in Beaumont, Texas has ruled that the Alabama-Coushatta tribe’s electronic bingo operations are not subject to state laws unless Texas prohibits bingo outright. The ruling effectively gives the tribe the right to continue running its beleaguered Naskila Gaming...
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte U-Turn on Boracay Casino Has Environmental Concern
Environmental groups have lashed out at Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to allow a casino resort on the idyllic vacation island of Boracay. Last week, the strongarm leader’s spokesman, Harry Roque, announced the ban on casinos on the island would be lifted....
Ponca Tribe Scores Casino Victory Against Iowa, Nebraska in Federal Appeals Court
A federal appeals court has upheld the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s legal right to have built its Prairie Flower Casino in Carter Lake, Iowa. The tribe opened the casino in November 2018, despite facing legal challenges that sought to derail the project...
Hong Kong Billionaire Tony Fung Quits Aquis Board Over ‘Conflict of Interest’
Billionaire Tony Fung has retired as chairman and non-executive director of Canberra-based Aquis Entertainment, stressing the need for the board to be independent of its major shareholder. Fung holds just under 90 percent of Aquis, which owns Casino Canberra in the Australian...
Arizona Tribe Sues State Over ‘Illegal’ Sports Betting, Official Licensees Out Today
A small Arizona tribe is suing Governor Doug Ducey (R). The tribe argues that Pheonix lawmakers violated the state constitution when they legalized sports betting last April. The Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe (YPIT) claims the passage of Arizona’s sports betting legislation was...
Hong Kong Customs Bust Macau-Bound Money Laundering Gang on Sea Bridge
Hong Kong authorities have disrupted a money laundering operation that planned to move bulk cash to Macau casinos through the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB). It’s the first known instance of the bridge being used as a conduit for money laundering. It opened...
