3299 stories by Philip Conneller
Kickapoo Tribe Condemns ‘Illegal’ Texas Lottery Couriers
The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas has lashed out against the proliferation of online lottery services in the state, which it says amounts to unlawful gambling expansion, and it wants to know what the legislature is going to do about it. In...
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s Home Raided by FBI
Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan’s Manhattan apartment has been raided by the FBI, just days after the financial exchange and prediction platform outperformed traditional polls by forecasting the result of the US presidential election. A company spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider...
Porn Deepfakes Sent to Casino-Opposed Illinois Dems by GOP Aide, Cops Say
A former aide to former Illinois State Rep. Tim Ozinga (R-Mokena) has been charged with the transmission of obscene messages, harassment, and obscenity for allegedly sending deepfake porn images to legislators opposed to a casino project. Timothy Pawula was Ozinga’s chief of...
Argentina Begins Betting Probe Into YouTuber Who Played Primera Division Soccer Game
Argentine authorities have launched an investigation into possible illegal betting after a popular YouTuber made his shock debut playing in a top-tier league soccer game on Monday. Ivan Buhajeruk, 24, better known to his nine million Spanish-speaking social media followers as “Spreen,”...
‘Botched’ UK National Lottery Tech Overhaul Means Charities Could Lose Out
The implementation of a tech overhaul by the new UK lottery operator, Allwyn Entertainment, has been beset by delays and has proven so problematic it’s “like trying to stick a Microsoft system on top of an Apple computer,” The Daily Telegraph reports....
Mafia Bookie’s Foiled Murder Plot ‘Wasn’t Crime of Violence,’ SCOTUS Hears
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday was grappling with the idea of what constitutes a “crime of violence.” That’s because a New York Mob bookie incarcerated for arranging the attempted murder of a rival claims his conviction should be quashed because his...
GeoComply Loses Patent Infringement Case Vs. Xpoint
An appeals court in Washington DC has dismissed geolocation software firm GeoComply’s patent infringement lawsuit against competitor Xpoint. It’s a decision that may point to a more open market in the future for geolocation services, which allow individual states to ring-fence gambling...
Crooked LA Pol’s Aide Avoids Prison in ‘Casino Loyale’ Corruption Case
The former aide to disgraced former Los Angeles city councilman Jose Huizar dodged a prison sentence Friday despite being a point man in his boss’ corruption racket and initially lying to the FBI when the scheme unraveled. In 2020, George Esparza pleaded...
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 become one of the special administrative region’s...
Pa. City Treasurer Spent $1.5K a Day on Lottery Using Taxpayers’ Dime
A former city treasurer in Uniontown, Pa. has been convicted for the embezzlement of $106K in public funds to support a $1.5K-per-day lottery habit. Antoinette Hodge, 54, is separately accused of stealing an additional $112,484 from the Youghiogheny Western Baptist Association (YWBA)...
