Clubs NSW, the peak body for the operators of about 95,000 poker machines across the state, pledges in its mission statement “to support the communities served by its 1,200 member clubs.” So it is reasonable to ask the lobby group to explain how Dee Why RSL, one of its larger members, was supporting its community…
He said the 36-year-old was involved in organised crime and called himself a “professional gambler” after he developed a gambling addiction in his native Vietnam at age 15. Loading Court documents obtained by Fairfax Media show that Mr Hoang was well known to police, who had compiled eight different reports on him relating to cocaine,…
A 13-YEAR-old boy with a gambling addiction managed to blow $A106,000 on betting websites after stealing his dads credit card. The teenager, from Lancashire, got hooked after seeing adverts for online bookmakers while watching a football match at Wembley, reports The Sun. He used his mobile phone to take pictures of his company director dads…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – Special California prisons intended to protect gang informants, disgraced cops and child molesters have become so violent, gang-riddled and crowded that officials are dismantling what’s become the United States’ largest protective custody program. The inmates are gradually being integrated into the general prison population, where some advocacy groups fear they will…
Joy was not the only member of Garys family to have begged the Dee Why RSL to intervene to curb his gambling. His wife Sonia says she had twice appealed to a manager at Dee Why to step in, once last December and again in January or February. Im not the carrying on and sobbing…
A casino operating on Saipan is suing a VIP gambler because he has not honored a $5 million credit marker he used to gamble with at its only casino. Imperial Pacific International, the gaming company that runs the casino, is suing Yonglun Bao, a Chinese businessman who has been known to gamble millions of dollars…
SHENYANG, China–Chinese authorities are urging unlucky gamblers to remain calm, as the string of upsets in the 2020 FIFA World Cup is raising concerns that they are driving big losers into doing something rash. Chinese media have reported a number of people going bust tied to the betting, including one losing gambler attempting suicide. Another…
When I started gambling I had no idea Id end up like this, says 29-year-old reformed gambler Wah, who does not want to disclose his full name. I thought Id be able to control it. Were in a room at Wan Chais Tung Wah Even Centre, a counselling and treatment service for problem and pathological…
A SkyCity VIP is due back nearly $350,000 in legal fees and expenses after her friend unsuccessfully sued her over an alleged $800,000 gambling debt. The costs ruling, released this month, follows a judge ruling the loan contracts between the Auckland women were illegal. Over 11 months between April 2014 and March 2015, Xiufang Sun…
Alongside Duck Soup, Andy Kaufmans Mighty Mouse bit, and season five of The Simpsons, there are few things that are held in such high esteem as the stand-up oeuvre of George Carlin. (Rather than yell at me on Twitter, please replace my Comedy Hall of Fame choices with your own personal favorites. You get what…