Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Heres an edited transcript of this weeks chat. Jene Desmond-Harris: Good morning! As always, I hope you had a great weekend. And if you had a bad one (or a bad week, or month, or life), lets try to figure out how to make it…
A man was arrested for allegedly robbing 7-Eleven stores in Bangkok because he needed to pay off the debts from the money he had lost from gambling. He apparently painted his face to hide his identity and used a pocket knife to threaten the cashiers. The 30 year old man, identified as Sugipri, allegedly robbed…
The NHL said it will investigate an allegation made by Evander Kane’s wife that the San Jose Sharks forward bet on his own games and has intentionally tried to lose for gambling profit. The league said Saturday night on Twitter that it was made aware of the social media posts by Anna Kane and plans…
Evander Kanes wife claims that while fooling her with a Los Angeles model, he abandoned his own teams games and repaid a huge gambling debt. In a rant removed on Instagram, Anna Kane claimed that San Jose Sharks players deliberately put the match into the tank while distressing their families. Anna Kane, right, her husband…
Yan Haojie, the man who killed his pregnant wife after she refused to help him repay his gambling debts, has been sentenced to death, the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court announced on Friday. [Photo/Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People’s Court] Yan Haojie, the man who killed his pregnant wife after she refused to help him repay his…
Tom Jolliffe puts his chips on ten essential gambling films The money goes down. Youve placed your bets. Now its time for the nitty gritty. Win or lose. If you win, do you quit while youre ahead or go again? Cinema has long held a fascination with gambling across its many forms, but the predominant…
SINGAPORE – When Alex (not his real name) was 14, his friends introduced him to illegal football gambling through bookies. “We thought, wow, we can make money out of this, it looks simple and easy,” he said. Little did he know then that it would be the start of a decades-long addiction to gambling that…
Gambling is a gigantic industry that inevitably affects other businesses. Casinos have an impact on companies on both macro and micro levels. The influence is not limited to betting in the office. In fact, there are many positive implications that are far less salient. The Good Sides Gambling is wildly popular, so it is a…
2017s Kakegurui follows Yumeko Jabami, a gambling addict who ends up at Hyakkaou Private Academy. However, Hyakkaou Private Academy isnt your typical school. Its hierarchy is decided by your skill at gambling, and its students rank from the worlds most elite families. Many have strange interests and compulsions that fuel their gambling. This means that…
A talented 21-year-old tragically ended his life after it is believed he lost his 10,000 house deposit through a gambling app during lockdown. Brandon Windeatt-Ball, who lived with his supportive parents in Kingskerswell, near Newton Abbot, had not told them about his debts and had given no indication that he was contemplating suicide, an inquest…