ByLeena Dhankhar Jul 03, 2024 05:20 AM IST Share Via Copy Link The accused told investigators that he lost 20,000 in online gambling and borrowed money from a friend to pay it off A 16-year-old boy, who allegedly strangled a nine-year-old girl to death at her house and then tried to set her body ablaze…
An Irish international croquet player ran up such huge debts from gambling that he conceived an elaborate smishing scam that aimed to rob an innocent Cork woman of her life savings, the district court has heard. Court presenter Inspector Tony OSullivan said that Mark Stephens, 30, of Brighton Place, Foxrock, Co Dublin and Joel Antony,…
Immigration police rescue Mr. Fu from a pickup truck where he was held captive for failing to pay the gambling debts of his clients. PATTAYA, Thailand Immigration Police rescued a Chinese national held captive inside a white pickup truck parked outside a Chinese restaurant on Pattaya Second Road on June 27. Mr. Fu, 32, recounted…
The number of Australians betting on sport has doubled in five years, and a third of spending on bets is placed by people with a gambling problem, according to new research. Roy Morgan polling of 16,000 Australians found 15.5% had bet on sport in the 12 months to March. It also revealed problem gamblers made…
By Daniel Matthews Published: 01:04 AEST, 26 June 2024 | Updated: 01:07 AEST, 26 June 2024 Dave Portnoy has lumped $200,000 on the Philadelphia Phillies after his gambling hot streak came to an end with the Stanley Cup Final. The Barstool Sports fo… Read the full article at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/mlb/article-13567889/Dave-Portnoy-BANKRUPTCY-gambling-debts-200-000-Stanley-Cup-Final.html
Despite being one of the biggest names in Asian music, Hong Kong Heavenly King Jacky Cheung, 62, is very private when it comes to his family, including his younger sister and older brother, Cheung Hok Chi. Recently, veteran Taiwanese media personality Xu Shengmei revealed on a talk show that Hok Chi was compulsive gambler, just like his…
Despite being one of the biggest names in Asian music, Hong Kong Heavenly King Jacky Cheung, 62, is very private when it comes to his family, including his younger sister and older brother, Cheung Hok Chi. Recently, veteran Taiwanese media personality Xu Shengmei revealed on a talk show that Hok Chi was compulsive gambler, just like his…
A Las Vegas casino has denied Bruno Mars racked up a $50 million (39 million) gambling debt. A representative for MGM Resorts International issued a formal statement on Monday to describe a supportive relationship with the Uptown Funk singer, and refute reports Bruno, 38, had incurred multimillion dollar debts at the company’s casinos. “We’re proud…
My father was a compulsive gambler. I am a gambler, and I have occasionally used a credit card to find an online gambling account in Pennsylvania. State Sen. Wayne Fontana wants to prevent me or anyone else from doing that. He is right. The longtime suburban Pittsburgh lawmaker recently introduced Senate Bill 1159, intended to…
History Knox Mark Sebastian Jordan authors a History Knox column each Saturday at Knox Pages. This weekend, friends, Im going to tell you a story that was imparted to me thanks to modern technology, which found it in an 1877 edition of the Greenville Democrat, which heard it from the Mount Vernon Democratic Banner, whose…