3299 stories by Philip Conneller
Galaxy Entertainment to Build Macau’s First ‘High-Tech Amusement Park’
Galaxy Entertainment has pledged to build Macau’s “first-and-only high-tech amusement park” within the next 10 years, Macau Business reports. Galaxy vice president Francis Lui Yiu Tung told a press conference on Saturday that the proposed entertainment facility would occupy around 656,598 square...
Murdered Casino Boss Ran Gambling, Money Laundering Network Via Malta
Turkish police investigating the murder of Northern Cypriot casino owner and crime boss Halil Falyalı have uncovered 15 Malta-based betting sites linked to the deceased’s criminal network. The websites illegally offered betting to Turkish citizens and laundered money through a Malta-based crypto...
Philly Mob Underboss Steven Mazzone Gets Five Years for Extortion, Illegal Gambling
Steven “Handsome Stevie” Mazzone, the underboss of the Philadelphia mob, has been sentenced to five years in prison on charges of racketeering conspiracy, extortion, and illegal gambling. Mazzone was indicted in November 2020, along with 15 other alleged members of the notorious...
Horse Racing ‘Betting Conspiracy’ Hearing Sees Accused UK Jockey a No-Show
A former jockey at the heart of an alleged betting conspiracy that's rocked British horse racing skipped an independent corruption inquiry investigating the allegations this week. Danny Brock declined to take part in the British Horseracing Authority’s (BHA) public hearing into his...
Las Vegas Stabbing Murder Suspect Traced Via Player Rewards Card
A man suspected of stabbing Las Vegas resident Marcos Rocha to death in the early hours of December 3 was traced via his player rewards card, Metro Police have said. Joshua Billings, 27, was arrested last Thursday and booked into the Clark County...
Last Frontier Casino Stabbings: Four Injured in Unprovoked Attack in Washington State
Police in La Center, Wash., have arrested a 41-year-old Vancouver, Wash., man for carrying out a “random, unprovoked” knife attack that injured four. The attack occurred Monday night during a poker game at the Last Frontier Casino, the Clark County Sheriff’s Office...
We Asked Artificial Intelligence to Write a World Cup Betting Article. Are We Out of Our Jobs?
ChatGPT is an openly accessible artificial intelligence chatbot that has had people FREAKING OUT since its launch last month. That's thanks to its ability to give convincing, human-like answers to all manner of questions. The Harvard Business Review believes it has demonstrated...
Ex-Wirecard CEO Markus Braun a ‘Scapegoat,’ Munich Court Hears
Former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun's attorney said Monday it's an “absurd” notion that his client was part of a “gang” that concocted a massive fraud. It was alleged they conned investors in the now-insolvent fintech giant. Braun is on trial in Munich...
Malta Casino Tycoon Accused of Murder Won’t be Tried Based on First Police Interview
Yorgen Fenech, the Maltese casino magnate accused of masterminding the 2017 assassination of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, has made a small gain ahead of his trial. A judge in the Maltese capital of Valetta ruled that the first statement Fenech made to...
Massachusetts Lottery ‘Ten-Percenters’ Guilty of Tax Fraud
A father and son who “won” the Massachusetts Lottery more than 14,000 times have been convicted of tax fraud and money laundering. Ali Jaafar, 63, and Yousef Jaafar, 29, both of Watertown, Mass., were among the most prolific lottery winners in the...
