Despite being one of the biggest names in Asian music, Hong Kong Heavenly King Jacky Cheung, 62, is very private when it comes to his family, including his younger sister and older brother, Cheung Hok Chi. Recently, veteran Taiwanese media personality Xu Shengmei revealed on a talk show that Hok Chi was compulsive gambler, just like his…
NC Gov. Roy Cooper says nearly 100 hospitals have agreed to participate in a first-of-its-kind initiative that could help low- and middle-income patients. RALEIGH, N.C. — All qualifying North Carolina hospitals have agreed to participate in a first-of-its-kind initiative that will give them higher Medicaid payments if the medical debt of low- and middle-income patients…
June 28, 2024 JAKARTA – The nation’s online gambling controversy has deepened following reports that Indonesians from all walks of life have become addicted to the practice, including some civil servants and lawmakers. Over the past few weeks, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration has been scrambling to discourage people from engaging in online gambling, which…
By Michelle Crouch Co-published with The Charlotte Ledger Every eligible hospital in North Carolina has opted in to Gov. Roy Cooper’s medical debt relief initiative, which promises extra payments to hospitals that agree to forgive old medical debt and beef up their charity care policies, state officials said Monday. The program calls for hospitals to…
In February 2020, with the race to succeed Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader heating up, Keir Starmer’s office received a helping hand. Peter Coates, the head of the dynasty behind Stoke-based online gambling company Bet365, donated £25,000 to Starmer’s office. Coates and the Bet365 group had been regular donors to Labour until 2015, to the…
Gov. Roy Cooper announced Monday that 2 million North Carolinians will have their medical debt forgiven after all the state’s 99 acute hospitals signed up for a landmark program designed to wipe out debt for low- and middle-income patients. The announcement comes after last month’s federal approval of the Cooper administration’s plan to forgive…
An intermediate aged boy who was spending all night online gambling racked up $16,000 on his mother’s credit card, Mapu Maia chief executive Pesio Ah-Honi said. Photo: 123RF Children as young as 11 are racking up thousands of dollars in debt because of online gambling, according to a support service. The head of Mapu Maia…
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Betting companies are taking advantage of weak advertising and consumer protection laws to offer inducements that encourage riskier bets and are cynically targeting people with gambling problems through tailored, personalised marketing. Inducements are insidiously packaged so a customer feels they are taking a ‘safer bet’, when research shows it actually leads to more intense betting…
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