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…
A debt-ridden manager of an LGBT pub resorted to stealing customers money by smashing open the bars gaming machines. Paul Anthony Brown was at the helm of The Oak in Middlesbrough as the business spiralled into decline and went to extreme lengths to pay his rent arrears. He stole cash from the gambling machines –…
Launched by Alana Pallister only a year ago, I.AM.GIA is certainly a racy label, with lots of exposed flesh, though much of the Australian fashion media are disdainful of the designs, or “cringeworthy” as one fashion stylist whispered to me. And yet the label has become a huge social media success internationally, especially after supermodel…
A woman has revealed her she discovered she owes an astonishing amount of money – despite not “frivolously” shopping at school or gambling. The 22-year-old, who owes more than £53,000, says the amount will continue to rise each year due to interest. Bronte Howard, who works as a Wales Online reporter, only found out after…
What does Liverpool think of new betting machine rules? 17 May 2018 Image caption “Who’s got £100 every 20 seconds?” Toni Wilkinson said, backing the new rules “Twenty seconds on those FOBTs and your wages are gone… it’s like a drug”. Stand on the corner of one of the busiest shopping streets in Liverpool and…
The father of a boy allegedly kidnapped for ransom from his Gold Coast home on Friday has denied he has gambling or business debts. The man, who cannot legally be identified, today told 9NEWS he had been prepared to pay the ransom demanded. In China I already prepared the money to pay a ransom. I…