Early Monday morning, a 37-year-old man got shot near a downtown Joliet parking deck. He then went to Harrah’s Joliet Casino where employees acted fast and helped him in a way that may have saved his life.

Sergeant Praises Response of Casino Staff After Shooting Incident Near Courthouse

The event happened around 5 a.m. when the victim stood near the east entrance of the Ottawa Street parking deck close to the Will County Courthouse, reported Shaw Local. Joliet Police Sergeant Dwayne English said the man took bullets in both legs after a fight with the suspect got worse. The shooter came from a nearby alley, fired several shots, and then ran away.

Despite his injuries, the victim walked through the parking deck and got to Harrah’s Casino at 151 N. Joliet Street. Casino staff saw the hurt man and took quick action. They told local authorities about what happened and gave him first aid until emergency medical services showed up. Joliet Fire Department staff then took the man to Ascension Saint Joseph Medical Center. His injuries are not life-threatening, and doctors think he will get better.

Sergeant English commended the casino staff for their fast action pointing out that their speed helped the victim get medical care. According to the Sergeant, the shooting was targeted. He also mentioned that the probe was in its early days and police are actively looking for the suspect.

Harrah’s Casino Plays Crucial Role in Assisting Shooting Victim

Harrah’s Joliet Casino, though not where the shooting happened, became a key spot for saving the victim. The casino’s closeness and its workers’ watchfulness played a key role following the violent event. This case shows how important it is for communities to be ready and how local businesses can play a big part when emergencies happen.

The gunfire near the Ottawa Street parking deck is linked to a recent rise in shootings in Joliet. Earlier that day, another incident took place at the Fairfield Inn on Riverboat Center Drive. Hotel employees called 911 when they heard several gunshots.

While police did not find any victims, they discovered signs of the shooting in the parking area. Over the past seven days, Joliet has experienced six shootings raising worry among local people. The city’s police force is asking anyone who knows something or has video of these events to speak up.

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According to a press release from Caesars Entertainment, a very lucky player from Middle Village, New York enjoyed a particularly fun and lucrative gambling session at Paris Las Vegas Casino earlier in the week. 

$436,000 Jackpot at Three-Card Poker

The poker player, whose identity has remained undisclosed, was in town to show support for his nephew who was playing in the World Series of Poker. 

Much to his surprise, the man hit the Mega Progressive jackpot with the help of a royal flush while engaged in a three-card poker game. 

He left the casino $436,588 richer, as the press release mentioned. 

When asked what he plans to do with the unexpected win, he said he wants to invest it. 

Impressive Roster of Winners on the Las Vegas Strip 

In mid-May, a young man who was celebrating his 21st birthday in Sin City took home a surprising $362,640 jackpot. 

Half an hour. That’s all Damon Howell, a resident of Union City, Ohio, needed to hit the Mega Progressive Jackpot at a game of Ultimate Texas Hold’em at the LINQ Hotel+ Experience on The Strip. 

While still “overwhelmed with shock and disbelief,” the young man didn’t provide a lot of details regarding what he plans to do with the money. However, he hinted that he might buy a house. 

In March, another lucky player won $165,000 while firing up the slot machine reels at 5 am at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, kept playing, and ended up striking a breathtaking $545,000 jackpot just five hours later. 

Just a week before the fabulous double win was recorded, a guest at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino grabbed a jackpot with more than $1.2 million after hitting the Mega Progressive Jackpot at a game of Pai Gow Poker. 

Similar to the double win story, in April, a player in Las Vegas won more than $1.36 million across not one, not two, not three, but four slot machine jackpots within two weeks. 

His first three big wins were recorded in just three hours.

Caesars Palace described the player’s impressive winning streak as “a remarkable feat!”

The first win of $125,000 came at a Dragon Link slot machine in the Caesars Palace casino followed by a second win of $383,500 on the same game. 

Three hours after the first win, he hit the third jackpot of $159,250, followed by the fourth and final one of $692,500. 

Earlier this week, analyst Barry Jonas of Truist Securities spoke about the strong performance recorded by the Las Vegas Strip, while detailing his optimistic overview regarding the gambling hub’s growth prospects. 

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Hitting a jackpot or a major win while gambling at a casino always brings excitement. To the lucky few that are able to experience such a thrill, they will undoubtedly remember it for the rest of their lives. And while some may gamble for years without any luck of winning any good prizes, others may be extremely lucky, which is the case of an Ohio resident who recently visited Las Vegas for his 21st birthday.

Damon Howell, a Union City, Ohio, resident, decided to celebrate his birthday by visiting the gambling capital of the world. Turning 21, the young man was able to start gambling. But little did Howell expect that luck was on his side from his first steps into gambling. In celebration of his 21st birthday, the young man visited the LINQ Hotel+ Experience, a renowned luxury hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip.

A Six-Figure Win after 30 Minutes of Play

Once turning 21, Howell started playing at the casino. To his surprise, some 30 minutes after starting to play, the man hit a staggering jackpot of more than $300,000. Playing at the LINQ’s O’Shea’s pit, the young man hit the MEGA Progressive jackpot, taking a whopping $362,640 from playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em.

As announced by 23WIFR, the young man appeared “overwhelmed with shock and disbelief,” in light of the massive jackpot win. The young man did not disclose specific details about what he intends to do with the grand prize he won from playing Ultimate Texas Hold’em. Still, Howell admitted that buying his own house is definitely a plausible option, considering the massive $360,000 jackpot he won recently.

Back in April, Caesars turned to the seasoned veteran, Kim Harris Jones, for the role of member of its Board of Directors. Labeled as a strategic appointment, the hire brought extensive experience to the Board.

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Roberto Orellana, a man who allegedly scammed a casino worker out of $350,000, has pleaded not guilty in court. If convicted, the man faces up to 15 years in prison.

The 44-year-old was accused of scamming a cashier at Grand River Casino, a tribal gambling property in Mobridge, South Dakota. According to the allegations, the employee received scam texts on their phone from who appeared to be their boss.

The texts claimed that a firm was conducting an audit of Grand River Casino. According to the scam text, an alleged lawyer needed the money to help the casino avoid additional fines. The text told the employee to transfer the cash into Bitcoin at a machine in Aberdeen. A second text included detailed instructions, telling them to bring the money to the Dakota Sunset gas station in Mitchell.

Once there, the employee handed the money to two men who were waiting for them in the gas station’s parking lot.

The Man Pleaded Not Guilty to the Allegations

While authorities didn’t confirm how the casino realized the scam, the authorities were eventually contacted, prompting an investigation into the matter. After an expert from the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation investigated the matter, the department was able to access the gas station surveillance and identify the credit card used by one of the two suspects.

The man who owned the credit card was Orellana from Omaha, Nebraska, the police understood. They also learned that he was the owner of the car that the two suspects used.

According to a report from the Mitchell Daily Republic, Orellana pleaded not guilty to the allegations on Tuesday. The case will likely progress into a trial as the man faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison and a fine of up to $30,000.

Federal authorities had requested a bond hold on Orellana but Judge Chris Giles denied changing the conditions.

The report didn’t mention anything about the man who was with Orellana when the casino employee brought the money. Authorities are yet to say what has happened to the money.

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A week ago, Deobra Delone Redden, 30, assaulted Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus as she pronounced his sentence. According to the latest reports, Redden might have attacked the judge because of a mental illness.

For reference, Judge Holthus was sentencing Redden to prison over an earlier attack with a baseball bat. Holtus denied the defendant bail, causing him to charge at her, leap across the desk and slam her into the ground. Redden assaulted the judge but was thankfully stopped by a courtroom marshal and a clerk who intervened to hold him back.

While Holthus’ injuries did not require immediate attention, she was later taken to hospital because of her painful injuries. Shane Brandon, the courtroom marshal who intervened, got the worst of it and was hospitalized with a dislocated shoulder and a cut on the face.

The clerk, Michael Lasso, suffered cuts on his hand but was not hospitalized. In an interview with Good Morning America, he said that he is glad he had been in the courtroom at the time of the attack because he “doesn’t even want to think about what would have happened” otherwise.

Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson praised the two men’s actions, thanking him for preventing the situation from becoming much worse.

Redden’s Relatives Were Surprised by His Reaction

As it turns out, Redden’s violent assault may be related to a mental illness. According to reports from Las Vegas news outlets, Redden’s relatives claimed that the man is suffering from schizophrenia and had not taken his medication on the day of the attack.

However, Redden was found competent to stand trial for the incident last year, following treatment at a state forensic psychiatric facility.

The man’s foster mother, Karen Springer, commented on the matter in an interview with KVVU, expressing her shock about Redden’s violent outburst. His sister, Ladonna Daniels, also commented on the matter, saying that the attack was likely not premeditated but a reaction to the sentence.

Holthus was unable to complete the sentence on the day of the assault. However, the court convened again on Monday and she handed him a sentence of between 19 and 48 months. The judge emphasized that the assault on her did not cause her to modify the sentence.

However, Redden now faces additional charges for the attack. He was charged with attempted murder and also faces charges for battery on a protected person, intimidation of a public officer and extortion by threat.

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Against all reason, a Chinese man put all of his eggs in the same basket, buying over 50,000 lottery tickets and entering the same numbers on all of them. Fortunately for him, his combination turned out to be a winning one, netting him millions of dollars.

The player, who preferred to remain anonymous, is a resident of Nanchang. The man described himself as a regular lottery player who would often invest thousands of Yuan in lottery tickets. Believed to have spent as much as a million throughout his five years of playing, the man has finally struck gold.

According to reports, the player visited many shops across Nanchang, buying out all available Happy 8 tickets and putting the same numbers on all of them. In total, the man bought over 50,000 tickets, entering the following combination on each single one: 40, 41, 42, 44, 63, 64 and 65.

When this combination secured a prize of CNY 4,475 (roughly $628), all of the tickets became winners. As a result, he scooped a grand total of around $30 million.

The man claimed his prize a few days later, which is when he disclosed that he was a regular lottery player who would often buy tickets in bulk.

The news quickly became viral on Chinese social media. While some were happy about the man, many thought that something must be going on. The confidence with which the man spent thousands of Yuan on lottery tickets caused many to be suspicious of his win.

Many people were skeptical and questioned the legitimacy of the win, thinking that it might have been a part of some fix. Some suggested that the player might have had insider information that helped him enter the correct combination and take hundreds of millions of Yuan home.

Certain people went as far as suggesting that the situation might have been set up by the Chinese government as a way to channel people toward the lottery. However, the Chinese Welfare Lottery did not report the case officially, which may be proof that the win was genuine.

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A lucky man from Albuquerque, New Mexico, won the grand prize from the popular game Lotto America recently. The man, who became the first New Mexico Lottery player to secure a jackpot from the game, won the grand prize from the draw on November 4, 2023. Identified as Neil Cochran, the lucky winner visited the New Mexico Lottery headquarters earlier this week to collect the grand prize of $3.52 million, won from Lotto America.

To win the grand prize, Cochran guessed correctly all five white balls with numbers 8, 11, 23, 47, 48 and Star Ball number 4. He purchased the winning ticket at Speedway #9093 at 6570 Paradise Blvd NW in Albuquerque. Since there was no other winning jackpot ticket from the draw on November 4, the lucky man collected the whole grand prize himself.

After discovering that he was the winner of the jackpot prize, Cochran told his mother. The woman initially thought that he and his girlfriend were pulling a prank on her, saying that she didn’t believe them. Undoubtedly, she changed her mind when she saw her son holding the oversized check with the $3.52 million jackpot sum written on it.

The Winner Picked the Numbers Himself

Visiting Speedway ahead of the draw on November 4, Cochran was offered by a store employee to participate in the lottery. The employee remembered the lucky winner who told them that Lotto America has better odds than Mega Millions and Powerball. Cochran was further attracted to the game by the fact that the ticket cost was only $1.

Once he decided to play, the lucky man did not use randomly generated numbers by Quick Pick. Instead, Cochran had numbers in mind that he picked himself. Besides Lotto America, the man purchased tickets for Mega Millions and Powerball games too. True to his gut feeling that he would be the winner, Cochran used the same numbers for all three games.

Earlier this week, the Powerball jackpot survived the draw on Wednesday. The latest draw of the game didn’t have a grand prize winner, nor a winner that collected a second-tier prize of $1 million for guessing correctly all white balls. With hours left until the drawing on Saturday, the Powerball jackpot is expected to hit $220 million or $101.2 million in cash value.

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A man for Oklahoma has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man who jokingly bragged about winning at a local casino. As it turned out, the supposed winner had no money, which infuriating the killer.

Back in October 2020, the killer, Kevin Marvell Jackson, 22, was attending a house party in Muskogee with his girlfriend Natalie McMahon. There, he met with the victim, Bradley Dillon, 19, and another friend named Dakota Berryhill.

At one point, Dillon and Berryhill left the party and went to Creek Nation Casino Muskogee, a local gambling property. While on their way back to the party, the two called their friends and joked about winning $10,000.

The money tempted Jackson and, without taking time to consider whether Dilon and Berryhill had truly won a prize, he prepared to rob them. Jackson quickly grabbed a gun and hid his face with a ski mask. Then, he waited for the two other men to return and ambushed them as they got out of the car.

Jackson then learned that the two men had no money. Angry, he threatened them with a gun, telling them to drive to an ATM and withdraw some. At that point, Berryhill got scared, jumped back into the car and drove away, leaving his Dillon behind. The frustrated killer then took the young man’s life, shooting him five times.

Jackson Will Spend His Life Behind Bars

Dillon was rushed to St. Francis Hospital but was pronounced dead. In the meantime, the police began the search for the killer.

A woman by the name Vicky Garza saw the murder and helped the police identify the killer. Facebook Messenger conversations with McMahon helped the law enforcers incriminate him. However, it wouldn’t be before several weeks that the murderer was finally arrested.

Jackson’s despicable crime has now earned him two life sentences without the right for parole. He was also sentenced to 180 in prison for robbery in an Indian Country and 180 months in prison for using a firearm for a violent crime.

Attorney Christopher Wilson commented on the matter, saying that there is no room in society for people who commit “such callous acts” as Jackson.

In other legal news, two Las Vegas dealers were arrested for allegedly helping two regular baccarat players win big sums.

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The Ohio Lottery has turned another man’s life around as a local won a $1-million second-tier prize from the lottery’s Billion scratch-off tickets.

Frank Phillips, a Columbiana County resident, won the life-changing prize after purchasing a scratch-off ticket at Hollywood Gaming Mahoning, local news outlets reported.

The $1-million Ohio Lottery prize is an annuity that is paid as $50,000 a year for 20 years (before taxes). However, Phillips preferred the $500,000 cash payout option. After taxes, the Columbiana County player is set to receive $360,000.

According to the Ohio Lottery’s official website, there are three $1/year prizes remaining in the lottery. Meanwhile, there are 82 second-tier $50,000/year prizes (such as the one Phillips won) remaining. The lottery also reports that there are 194 $50,000 prizes and multiple smaller prizes still available.

Speaking of the Ohio Lottery, the operator recently expanded its partnership with the leading supplier Scientific Games. Under the agreement, the latter company agreed to continue providing the lottery company with scratch-off games management and SCiQ retail point-of-sale technology.

For reference, Scientific Games’ SCiQ retail ecosystem is currently deployed at over 800 Ohio Lottery shops across the state.

A Lucky Man Recently Won the $360M Mega Millions Jackpot

And speaking of jackpots, a lucky Texan player won the $360 million Mega Millions jackpot a few days ago. The player got the 12/24/46/57/66 combination right and also nailed the Mega Ball number (22). As a result, the Mega Millions jackpot was reset back to $20 million. The prize quickly increased to $50 million as more and more people tried to replicate the earlier winner’s success.

Earlier this month, the Powerball jackpot increased to a staggering $1.04 billion. This is notably the fourth largest figure the Powerball jackpot has ever reached in the history of the game. A week ago, this same jackpot stood at $835 million.

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In recent years the Isle of Man has become an increasingly important hub for online casino and sportsbook operators and for casino software and content providers, mainly thanks to its reputable licensing process.

In fact, an operator which holds an Isle of Man B2C License can be regarded as a trustworthy entity as it must stick to strict rules and regulations in order to obtain the aforementioned license. Authorities in this jurisdiction also offer B2B licenses, with top providers like Yggdrasil already applying and obtaining such certification.

There are major changes happening to iGaming jurisdictions all over the world, but the Isle of Man license has remained a symbol of reputation for online casino operators, certifying their compliance both with industry standards and legal requirements.

Moreover, any operator holding an Isle of Man B2C License is required to safeguard the deposits of players and make sure they receive their winnings if they prove to be true and fair.

Operators holding a license in the Isle of Man are also required to uphold principles of fairness, transparency, and security, making sure that they protect the interests of all parties involved. License holders have to submit reports to the Isle of Man Supervision Commission every three months, and in those reports they have to include vital information in regard to Anti-Money Laundering/Combating the Financing of Terrorism reporting, as well as financial data.

Access to Multiple Markets

Holding a license in the Isle of Man allows online casino and sports betting operators to enter multiple markets on different continents, including Asia, Africa and South America. These are pre-regulated markets which can be very lucrative for operators.

Moreover, the Isle of Man has a special status, and it can offer appealing financial incentives, which include corporation and capital gains tax of 0%. Dividend taxes are also non-existent in this jurisdiction.

Operators licensed in the Isle of Man can choose any software provider they like with no restrictions whatsoever, and they are also free to pick between the numerous payment service providers available on the market.

In general, an operator which applies for a license in the Isle of Man should not have to wait more than twelve weeks between making the submission and the actual hearing regarding the respective license.

Among the most popular online casinos which hold an Isle of Man B2C License we can mention 188Bet Casino, 5Dimes, Luckbox Casino, King Dice Casino, CasiYou Casino and Spin-Ace Casino.

Source: “The Crucial Role of the Isle of Man B2C License“. European Gaming. September 11, 2023.

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