MARTHA GILL June 27 2019, 12:01am,The Times Martha Gill Opening an addiction clinic is a sad indictment of our efforts to shield the young from gambling Britain is a country of gamblers. There is Ascot, there is the National Lottery, and there were Winston Churchills routinely unlucky streaks in Monte Carlo (on one visit he…
Concerns over rising numbers of children addicted to gambling has prompted the NHS to announce it will start treating young people. NHS England said the “scourge” of problem gambling was being fuelled by online gaming sites and targeted adverts. As a result, the National Problem Gambling Clinic in London would open its doors later this…
A national watchdog has launched its new strategy to reduce gambling harm in Scotland with a shift in emphasis away from the customer towards the industry taking greater responsibility. The Gambling Commission, which regulates commercial gambling for the whole of the UK, will work closely with health bodies, charities, regulators and businesses with a three-year…
A dealer at Resorts World Sentosa, one of Singapores two casino resorts, was sentenced last week to nine months and six weeks in prison after being discovered to have stolen S$77,000 (approx. $56,818) worth of chips from the gambling facilitys tables. Ding Zhipeng, a Chinese national, was also slapped with a S$12,000 (approx. $8,855) fine,…
JOHOR BARU: A family here is living in fear due to the constant harassment from a debt collector, believed to be over a refrigerator they bought 11 years ago. The victim, who only wanted to be known as Salina, 55, from Larkin, claimed that her husband bought the fridge in 2008 before going missing eight…
A decade ago, Beau Humphreys was in deep financial trouble. At 28 years old, he had $40,000 CAD worth of high-interest debt, which was more than he made in a year. He racked up a lot of that debt through online gambling. Humphreys went through periods where he got his debt down to $35,000 only…
Marina Bay Sands, one of Singapores two casino resorts, has dropped a S$10 million lawsuit against an Australian high roller who failed to pay a gambling debt he amassed at the property five years ago. Local news outlets reported earlier this week that Marina Bay Sands filed a notice of discontinuance with the High Court…
Las Vegas Sands Singapore casino appears to have resolved its five-year quest to collect a $10m marker from an Australian-Chinese VIP gambler. This week, the Straits Times reported that lawyers representing the Marina Bay Sands (MBS) integrated resort had filed a notice of discontinuance with the Singapore High Court on June 6 regarding its legal…
Marina Bay Sands (MBS) has dropped a lawsuit worth more than SG$13 million against Australian high roller Wang Zhi Cai, ending a case that stretches back to 2013. According to The Straits Times, MBS lawyers filed a notice of discontinuance with the High Court last week, with the matter said to have been resolved amicably.…
With concerns growing that children and vulnerable people are being targeted by rogue online gambling advertising, my new research suggests the current sanctions arent enough to change the practices of online advertisers. In April 2019, the UKs Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ran an experiment using an advertising avatar, an online identity which mimicked the internet…
