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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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3217 stories by Philip Conneller
Baroness Mone A Grand National Favorite Despite ￡202M Medpro Fraud Allegations
A racehorse owned by the UK’s most controversial couple may be pulled from England’s famous Grand National steeplechase despite being one of the favorites for the race. Monbeg Genius is owned by Baroness Michelle Mone and her husband, Doug Barrowman. It is...
UK Lottery Operator Allwyn Won’t Hit Short-Term Donation Targets
Allwyn Entertainment officially took over the reins as the UK’s new lottery operator last week. Yet it has already admitted that it won’t hit its promised short-term targets on donations to good causes. That’s controversial because Allwyn won the estimated $80 billion...
Mafia Boss Who Escaped Prison Using Knotted Bedsheets Recaptured
An Italian Mafia boss who escaped from prison by knotting bedsheets together has been recaptured on the French island of Corsica after a year on the lam. Video footage of his escape showed Marco Raduano, 40, shimmying down the sheets before dropping...
Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway Misses 10th Deadline for Hotel
When Penn Entertainment was granted permission to develop what became its Hollywood Casino at NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway, it also pledged to build an adjacent hotel within two years. But 10 years and counting from that deadline, no such hotel has materialized. Instead,...
‘Crazy Eddie’ Nephew Loses $30M Legal Fight Vs BetMGM
A New York man who sued BetMGM in a bid to recoup around $29 million he lost gambling on the platform saw his claim dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday. Sam A. Antar accused BetMGM, a joint venture between MGM...
Playboy Club Casino Dancer Hired by Sketchy Lawyer Receives Damages
A former dancer at London’s Playboy Club Casino was recruited as a legal secretary by a male lawyer who was a patron at the venue. But the woman, who had been working at the casino while studying for a post-graduate diploma in...
Ex-Alabama Baseball Coach in Betting Storm Gets De Facto Ban
Former University of Alabama baseball coach Brad Bohannon has been handed a 15-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA after providing insider information to an acquaintance for betting purposes. That means any college that wants to employ the disgraced coach must first justify...
Triad Casino ‘Warlords’ Turned Over to China by Myanmar Junta
Myanmar’s military junta has handed three triad warlords over to Chinese authorities, the BBC reports. Until recently, Bai Suocheng, Wei Chaoren, and Liu Zhengxiang ran the city of Laukkaing in Myanmar’s semi-lawless Shan State as their personal fiefdom. But they were forced...
Colombo Underboss ‘The Claw’ Gets Leniency for Union Shakedown
A federal judge in Brooklyn opted to go easy on an alleged Colombo crime family underboss and former illegal gambling kingpin because of his ill health. In July, Benjamin “The Claw” Castellazzo, 86, pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy charges. These were...
Casino Worker Told ‘Terror Squad’ to Target Gambler in Home Invasion
A gang member accused of murdering a casino customer during a chilling home invasion was tipped off about the victim’s winnings by an ex-member of the casino’s staff, Sask Today reports. That’s according to an April 2021 filing to North Battleford Provincial...