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In Philip Conneller’s eight years with Casino.org, he has covered the gaming industry from Las Vegas to Macau and everything in between. He currently focuses his coverage on gaming law, white-collar crime, global money laundering, tribal gaming, politics, and regulation.
Philip was the original features editor for poker’s Bluff Magazine and editor for Bluff Europe, which he helped launch. His writing has also been featured in ESPN, Forbes, Time Out, The Sun, and The Daily Star, as well as iGaming Business, eGaming Review, and numerous other industry news and tech websites.
His news stories for Casino.org/news have been linked by The Washington Post, The Daily Mail, People Magazine, and Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show, among many others.
Philip once won $20,000 with 7-2 off-suit. He has been reprimanded for unwittingly playing Elton John’s piano on two separate occasions on both sides of the Atlantic.
He became a writer because he is a lousy pianist.
Philip lives outside London with his wife and children, where he spends his time agonizing about Arsenal FC.
Contact Philip at [email protected].
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3216 stories by Philip Conneller
China Soccer Purges 60 Players, Officials in Corruption and Gambling Probe
China’s Football Association (soccer) has banned 43 players and officials from the sport for life following a widespread investigation into corruption and match-fixing. Among the group are former Chinese internationals Jin Jingdao, Guo Tianyu, and Gu Chao. Current South Korea international Son...
Florida Woman with Nine Straight Lottery Prizes Wins Trip to County Jail
For a woman cashing in her ninth scratch-off lottery ticket win of the day, Samantha Young’s luck seemed just too good to be true. And it was. Young, 38, is a career criminal who had just helped herself to $1,500 worth of...
Former Judge Sam Hou Fai to Stand Unopposed for Macau Leadership
Macau’s former top judge will soon attain the highest leadership position in the Special Administrative Region (SAR). On Tuesday, Sam Hou Fai received a record 96% of the nominations to become the sole candidate for the chief executive position from a 400-strong...
German Soccer Officials Probe Claims that Match-Fixing Info Was Sold on Dark Web
German authorities are investigating a possible match-fixing and betting fraud syndicate at work in the country’s lower soccer leagues. That’s after reporters at The Hamburger Morgenpost newspaper discovered message logs detailing information about fixed games apparently for sale on the dark web....
Star Gold Coast Can Recoup $38.7M Debt from Billionaire Ex-Betting Exec
The Queensland Supreme Court has ruled that a high-rolling Singaporean billionaire with links to the online betting industry must pay the Star Gold Coast an AU$38.7 million (US25.7 million) gambling debt, The Brisbane Times reports. Dr Yew Choy Wong ran up an...
Kalshi Can Offer Event Contracts on US Election, Rules Federal Judge
A federal judge in Washinton, DC on Friday cleared the way for financial exchange and prediction platform Kalshi to offer markets on the outcome of the US election via event contracts. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), which regulates the exchange, had...
KC Chiefs Superfan Gets 17.5 Years in Prison for 11 Bank Robberies
A Kansas City Chiefs superfan turned serial armed bank robber has been sentenced to 17.5 years for hitting banks across the Midwest, Nevada, and California, and laundering the proceeds through casinos. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 30, was a familiar sight at Chiefs games...
‘Whitey’ Bulger Killer Gets Extra 25 Years in Prison
A Mafia hitman already serving life for murder was sentenced to 25 years on Friday for the prison killing of James “Whitey” Bulger. Bulger, the former leader of the Irish Mob in Boston, was bludgeoned to death in October 2018 with a...
Steve Wynn Defamation Case Vs. Associated Press Nailed by Nevada Supreme Court
Nevada’s highest court has once again rejected a defamation case brought by casino tycoon Steve Wynn against the Associated Press. A seven-judge panel of the Nevada Supreme Court cited the state’s anti-SLAAP laws when it upheld a February decision that rejected the...
Maine Chief Regulator Facing ‘No Confidence’ Revolt by Casino Inspectors
Maine’s chief gambling regulator, Milton Champion, is facing a rebellion from his casino inspectors who accuse him of unilaterally “deregulating casinos … without input from the voting public” and of creating a “deeply dysfunctional and toxic workplace environment.” All nine inspectors under...