The tips came to Billy Walters, the Las Vegas high-roller, by prepaid burner phones and during lunch meetings. From there some were fed to Phil Mickelson, one of the worlds most beloved golfers. The code word at the center of the scheme: Dallas Cowboys. What began with a friendship forged over gambling, golf and business…
An armed policeman stands guard at the site where an explosion happened at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China’s Shanghai, June 12, 2016. (Photo: Xinhua/Ding Ting) The suspect in the Shanghai airport explosion had a large amount of gambling debt, said police on Monday. Zhou Xingbai, 29, from Tongren city in southwest China’s Guizhou…
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From K J M Varma Beijing, Jun 13 (PTI) The suspect in blast at Chinas second biggest airport in the commercial hub of Shanghai had a large amount of gambling debt and spoke of indulging in something “very crazy” which could cost his life, police said today. Zhou Xingbai, 29, from Tongren city in southwest…
Frustration over online gambling debts prompted a 29-year-old man to carry out the crude bomb attack inside Shanghai airport that injured five people, including the attacker, police said on Monday. The attacker, identified as Zhou Xingbai from Guizhou region in southern China, was seriously injured when he slashed his throat after lobbing the home-made bomb…
June 12, 2016 10:07 p.m. ET Going off to college comes with newfound financial freedoms. And for many college students that means their first foray into the world of credit and debt. There is no shortage of credit-card offers on and off campus, from cards with cash-back rewards to those geared specifically toward students. According…
Donald Trump darted beneath the 70 gold-tipped minarets and nine carved elephants that lined the roof, through the lobby and across the casino floor, seemingly oblivious to the spectators’ cries of “Donald, Donald,” and the gamblers clutching bricks of $100 bills at the blackjack tables. It was April 1990, and Mr. Trump was officially opening…
Graduation should be a time of celebration, of reaping the benefits of hard work, of looking towards a bright new future. But for many students, graduation is also the moment at which the realisation sets in that you are now horribly in debt.
