Financial experts are calling on banks to ban the use of credit cards for gambling, in a move slammed by 3AWs Tom Elliott. The Barefoot Investor, Scott Pape, reignited the issue in a Herald Sun article at the weekend and Director of Policy and Campaigns at Financial Counselling Australia, Lauren Levin, today supported the idea.…
SEOUL: He was earning 620,000 won (S$710) a month, but Koo Young-gyu had four credit cards that gave him a combined monthly credit limit of 60 times that amount. Flush with the extra liquidity, he went on an 18-month spending spree; he went on a trip to Jeju Island and splurged on things like shoes…
By: Dylan Dethier May 21, 2020 Before there were sponsors or cameras or golf carts or famous quarterbacks or names like The Match: Champions for Charity, there was still Phil Mickelson, legendary gambler. In many ways, what the televised match with Tiger Woods, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning is attempting to replicate is the sort…
34-year-old Sittichok Muangma was arrested on Tuesday for the armed robbery heist on Monday morning outside the Bangkok Bank branch in Chiang Saen when he snatched 1.05 million from an agricultural co-op employee. Mr Sittichok told police he committed the crime to pay gambling debts. Police on Tuesday confirmed that they had arrested the main…
Justin Goff is one of the highest-paid marketers in the world of freelance projects. He ventured into online freelance marketing because of a gambling debt. I got into online marketing because of a $1200 gambling debt I had in college. I had no idea how to make a website or run a business. Currently, this…
A recovering gambling addict says lockdown has created the perfect storm for relapses. Matt Blanks became so hooked on gambling he lost more than 700,000, spent 16 years working in betting shops and pushed away everybody that ever cared about him. But the 35-year-old eventually kicked the habit and became an advocate and project manager…
A recovering gambling addict says lockdown has created the perfect storm for relapses. Matt Blanks became so hooked on gambling he lost more than 700,000, spent 16 years working in betting shops and pushed away everybody that ever cared about him. But the 35-year-old eventually kicked the habit and became an advocate and project manager…
The story of Deandre Baker and Quinton Dunbar was weird on Thursday, and getting even weirder on Friday. The two NFL cornerbacks Baker was a first-round pick of the New York Giants in 2019 and Dunbar was recently traded to the Seattle Seahawks were issued arrest warrants for armed robbery charges. As of early Friday…
Though there is little live sport to gamble on and high street betting shops have closed, gambling charities are concerned that the combination of money worries, social isolation and having a lot of free time on our hands may lead to a spike in gambling addiction and debt. Horse racing and football, which make up…
A father and son have joined together to raise awareness of the dangers of gambling (Picture: PA) A dad who was jailed for stealing from work to pay off his gambling debts has come forward to share what effect the devastating addiction had on his family. David Bradford, 63, racked up debts of 500,000 after…