3338 stories by Philip Conneller
Evolution Shares Dive After ‘Black Market’ Admission
Shares in Evolution AB plunged by more than 10% on Monday, the last day of trading before Christmas, over news that the Swedish online gaming software provider’s license was under review by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The company’s shares rallied slightly...
Xi Tells Macau to ‘Cultivate New Industries’ as He Swears in New Leader
Chinese President Xi Jinping told Macau Friday that efforts should be made to “promote moderate economic diversification and focus on cultivating new industries with international competitiveness.” Xi was in town as part of a three-day visit that culminated in the inauguration Friday...
Residents Sue to Block Eklutna Tribe Casino Near Anchorage
A group of local residents near Anchorage, Alaska are challenging the Native Village of Eklutna’s (NVE) legal right to build a casino in the area. The lawsuit argues that the NVE is “not a federally recognized tribe whose governing body possesses powers...
WSOP Threatened to Disqualify Justin Bonomo for Pro-Palestine Scarf
Poker player Justin Bonomo said Wednesday he was threatened with disqualification from the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event for wearing a keffiyeh, an Arab headdress. The distinctly patterned black and white variety keffiyeh that Bonomo was sporting at the table is a...
Married Couple Found Dead in Sydney Park Likely Killed Over Gambling Debt
A married couple whose decomposing bodies were found dumped in a suburban Sydney park may have been murdered by loan sharks, Australian authorities believe. New South Wales (NSW) homicide detectives told media Wednesday that the husband, Jai-Bao “Rex” Chen, 33, had recently...
Washington State’s Mississippi-Style Gambling Boat Sails into Sunset After 25 Years
It’s the end of an era for the Emerald Queen, the Mississippi-style paddlewheel riverboat that was, for a quarter of a century, a familiar sight in the port of Tacoma, Wash. The elegant 300-foot former gambling palace was towed away to Seattle...
Largest Illegal Robux Casinos Shut Down After Sky News Probe
Within hours of UK news channel Sky News publishing an investigation into the illegal online gambling industry that has developed around the gaming app Roblox, the biggest three “Robux casinos” on the internet, BloxFlip, Bloxmoon, and RBLXWild, appeared to throw in the...
Interview: How to Build an Online Slot Machine
Online slots have come a long way in the last 10 years. With ever more imaginative mechanics, reels that might cluster or cascade, and themes that have more in common with explosive video games than traditional one-armed bandits, there’s a lot going...
Golden Nugget St. Charles Drug Sex Attacker Fails to Dent 99-Year Sentence
A Louisiana man sentenced to 99 years in prison for drugging, kidnapping, and sexually abusing a woman he met at the Golden Nugget Casino in St. Charles, La., has failed to get his sentence reduced. Stephen Douglas Cormier was convicted in 2023...
A Mob Victim’s Spooky Casino Ship is Sitting Abandoned in a Florida Dock: Photos
A gambling ship that once belonged to murdered restaurant and casino tycoon Gus Boulis is sitting abandoned in a Florida dock, and it’s still decked out with slot machines and gaming tables with casino chips intact. These extraordinary images were taken by...
