3299 stories by Philip Conneller
Euro 2024 Semi-Final Ref Once Accepted Cash from Notorious Match Fixer
UEFA, European soccer’s governing body, is standing by its decision to place a referee once banned for his role in a match-fixing scandal in charge of Wednesday’s Euro 2024 semi-final between England and the Netherlands. Felix Zwayer was banned from soccer for...
Full House Resorts’ Permanent Waukegan Casino Hobbled by Litigation
Full House Resorts says the city of Waukegan, Ill. may have to wait a while for the permanent version of its American Place Casino while the city fends off legal challenges from a Wisconsin-based tribal gaming operator. The Forest County Potawatomi of...
Brit Locked Up in Finland for Hacking Online Casinos, Stealing $900K
A British man has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison in Finland for hacking into two online casinos to steal around €835K (US$900K). On Friday, July 7, William Anthony Parker, 34, was found guilty of aggravated online casino...
Death Valley Tribe Gets BIA Approval on California Casino
The Death Valley-based Timbisha Shoshone Tribe has received approval from the US Interior Department to build a casino in Inyokern, Calif. That’s two years after its effort to build one in the nearby city of Ridgecrest collapsed spectacularly. According to a July...
Ex-Man City Analyst Banned from Soccer for Insider Betting
English soccer’s governing body, the Football Association (FA), has banned a former Manchester City analyst from all soccer-related activity for 12 months for betting with insider information. But the analyst, Richard Bredice, claimed he simply used his instinct and knowledge of the...
Kangwon Land Gambler Loses $7K, Sets Fire to Hotel Room
South Korean police have arrested an unnamed Chinese national on suspicion of setting his hotel room on fire at the Kangwon Land Casino in the country’s Gangwon Province. The suspect, in his fifties, told authorities that he set the blaze “in a...
UK Election: Betting Scandal Helps Propel Keir Starmer to Historic Win
An insider-betting scandal has helped sweep Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party to a landslide victory in the UK general election. With Labour taking 412 of 650 parliamentary seats to the Conservative Party’s 120 (two results are yet to be called at the...
Alvin Chau 18-year Sentence Appeal Fails in Macau Highest Court
Macau’s highest court has rejected an appeal by fallen junket king Alvin Chau to reduce his 18-year sentence for illegal gambling and criminal association. The ruling marks the end of the road for Chau, who has launched multiple appeals since his January...
Coquille Tribe Hits Back Against Oregon Casino Opposition
The Oregon-based Coquille Indian Tribe has lashed out at efforts by other tribes to oppose its ambitions for a casino in the city of Medford, Oreg. In an op-ed for Oregon Live this week, Coquille tribal chair Brenda Meade accused fellow tribal...
Ex-Raptors’ Jontay Porter to Plead Guilty to Felony Charges in Betting Scandal
Ex-Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter, who was kicked out of the NBA for life in April because of an insider betting scandal, will face federal criminal charges. On Tuesday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn filed a criminal information sheet indicating Porter will face...
