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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
Lucky Bucks RICO Suit Filed Alleging $200M Fraud
Former employees of the Georgia-based slot machine operator Lucky Bucks fraudulently siphoned ‘illegal dividends’ out of the company before its recent bankruptcy. That's according to a RICO lawsuit filed by the company’s new management. The suit, filed last Thursday, accuses 10 individuals...
Bet365 Posts Loss Due to US Markets, CEO Coates Still Gets ￡270 Million
Big money spent on North American expansion saw Bet365 slip to a pre-tax loss of ￡72.6 million (US$93 million), according to the company’s latest filings. But it’s not clear whether the company’s publicity-shy CEO Denise Coates got the memo. She paid herself...
iGaming Bad for New Jersey Economy, Study Claims
Online gambling has had a net negative impact on New Jersey’s economy, a new study claims. The research, from NERA Economic Consulting, concluded that the state was about $180 million worse off in 2022 than it would have been had online gambling...
Poker Champ Who Claims Kidnap Sent Coded Message While Missing
Incredible new details have emerged in the case of Michigan poker player George Janssen, who claims he was kidnapped and held captive in a basement for 35 days. Janssen, who had been reported missing by his family on November 13 last year,...
SIS Ends Greyhound Simulcast Operations in US
Sports Information Services (SIS), the racing industry content giant, quietly withdrew its greyhound simulcast operations from the U.S. market at the end of last year. The company had provided thousands of races a year to U.S. operators from tracks in the UK....
UK’s Youngest Lottery Winner’s Boyfriend Killed in Suspected Gang Hit
A reputed Scottish gangster shot dead outside an Edinburgh pub on New Year’s Eve was the on-and-off boyfriend of the UK’s youngest lottery winner, according to various local media sources. Marc Webley, 38, was shot dead outside the Anchor Inn in the...
New Jersey Problem Gambling NPO Wants Race Discrimination Suit Tossed
Lawyers for the Council of Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey (CCG) have asked a judge to toss a racial discrimination suit brought by a former executive director. Plaintiff Neva Pryor, who is African American, sued the Hamilton, NJ-based nonprofit in April 2022...
Cambodia to Sanction 800 Journalists for Freeloading from One Casino
Cambodia’s Ministry of Information is threatening to sanction 828 “journalists” it accuses of extorting “rice, water, gasoline” and other freebies from a border casino, The Khmer Times reports. In September, the Top Diamond Casino in Takeo Province posted on social media to...
GGPoker Embarrassed by ‘Superuser” Cheating Scandal
GGPoker has apologized to its players after a “superuser” was able to exploit a weakness in the online poker giant’s software to cheat opponents out of thousands of dollars. In a statement last Friday, GGPoker said a player with the username “MoneyTaker69”...
Nebraska Racetrack Report Could Sink New Casino Projects
Nebraska’s horse racetrack sector is right-sized and the data doesn't support the need to issue any more racing licenses. That’s according to a new independent report commissioned by the state Racing and Gaming Commission that could put the kibosh on further casino...