3165 stories by Philip Conneller
Hard Rock Rockford to Get 62-Ft Guitar Honoring Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen
The entrance to the Hard Rock Casino in Rockford, Ill. will soon be adorned with a 62-foot-tall electric guitar. Since Hard Rock is a brand synonymous with outsized electric guitar signage, this may not be earth-shattering news, except that this guitar is...
Utah Lottery Would be Legal in Certain Counties Under New Proposal
Utah State Rep. Kera Birkeland (R) plans to reintroduce a proposed constitutional amendment that would ask Utahns whether to legalize a state lottery. But following the failure of last year’s effort – the proposal was pretty much dead on arrival – this...
Bizarre Aussie Quizmaster Robbery Leads to Cops to Sinister Casino Kidnap Plot
The attempted robbery of a pub quizmaster in Queensland, Australia appeared at first to be “World’s Dumbest Criminals” material. But authorities quickly realized they were dealing with something far more sinister, and that the perpetrator had been traumatized after recently escaping a...
Phil Hellmuth Has Epic Meltdown On ‘No Gamble, No Future,’ Storms Off Set
Poker legend Phil Hellmuth stormed off the set during the filming of an episode of Poker Go’s “No Gamble, No Future” after an expletive-laden meltdown at the Aria, Las Vegas. “The Poker Brat” ripped off his microphone and threw it on the...
Ugandan Diplomats in Hot Water for Running Illegal Casino in Dubai Consulate
Uganda’s foreign spy agency is examining how diplomats representing the East African country in the United Arab Emirates were able to install an illegal casino inside the Ugandan Consulate in Dubai. The External Security Organization (ESO) is also looking into how privately...
French Cops Catch Cheating Network Using ‘Microscopic’ Earpiece
French authorities have arrested a 63-year-old Ukrainian and a 37-year-old Latvian on suspicion of perpetrating a sophisticated, hi-tech poker and blackjack cheating scam in casinos throughout Europe. The as-yet unnamed men were detained Monday at the Casino Barrière Enghien-les-Bains in the Paris...
PlayNow in Credential Stuffing Breach: ‘Change Your Passwords,’ Warns BCLC
The British Columbia Lottery Corp. (BCLC) is asking users of its PlayNow online gambling platform to change their passwords. That’s after a high volume of credential-stuffing attacks was detected on the platform. Credential stuffing is where a cybercriminal acquires log-in credentials that...
Matt Damon Wants to Make Rounders 2
Matt Damon says he’s desperate to make a follow-up to the 1998 cult poker movie "Rounders." Speaking on the "Rich Eisen Show" this week, the Hollywood star said that so much has happened in the poker world over the quarter century since...
Canadian TV Hockey Analyst Fired for Leaking Insider Info on NHL Drafts
An NHL insider information scandal was behind the mysterious disappearance of a veteran Canadian NHL analyst from the airwaves, The Athletic has discovered. Jeff Marek is a familiar face to Canadian hockey fans, but he has been conspicuously absent from sports channel...
‘Australian of the Year’ Results Leaked for Insider Betting Three Years in a Row
An Aussie postal service worker whose job was to organize the creation of special stamps commemorating the “Australian of the Year” appeared in court this week on insider betting charges. Dale Tristan Young was in the rare position to know the winner...
