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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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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...
California Cardrooms Protest as Bill Advances Allowing Tribes to Sue
Over 100 demonstrators gathered in Sacramento, Calif. Tuesday to protest against legislation they say could cost California cardrooms thousands of jobs, iGB reports. Despite protestations, the bill was advanced 15-1 by the California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee. Senate Bill 549, also known...
Singapore Casinos Get New Cash Rules to Fight Dirty Money, Terrorism
Singapore is to lower the reporting threshold on casino cash transactions as part of new measures to combat terrorism financing and money laundering, the island nation’s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) said Monday. Due diligence checks will be conducted on cash deposits of...