Reuters. Star Entertainment Group Ltd., a leading Australian casino operator, has initiated a trading halt for its shares until Wednesday, following regulatory scrutiny impacting the nationwide gambling sector. The company’s financial standing has been influenced by these regulatory actions, leading to a reassessment of its financial strategy. The pause in trading is in anticipation of…
Australian casino operator Star Entertainment Group Ltd. is seeking to raise as much as A$1.2 billion ($771 million) through a combination of equity and debt after a crackdown on criminal associations and money laundering across the nations gambling industry eroded its financial position. The company launched a A$750 million equity raising priced at 60 Australian…
CHARLESTON, WV (WVNS) Opioid addiction is not the only addiction hitting West Virginia hard. Local businesses excited for exposure brought by Healing Appalachia Research shows gambling addiction is also a growing problem in the Mountain State. According to a recent study, one in 50 people in West Virginia struggle with a gambling addiction, which experts…
Myles Stephenson revealed a hidden gambling addiction during his late teens had left him embarrassed to speak out and in debt to his friends. In 2017, Myles, 32, found fame on The X Factor as a member of the hit group Rak-Su. The popular boy band formed in Watford consists of vocalists Myles, Ashley Fongho,…
In 1982, a Yale writing teacher named David Milch wrote a script for Hill Street Blues, a police procedural that Steven Bochco had cocreated the previous year. The script sold, and Milch joined the staff, where he soon became executive producer and began a celebrated career as a creator, writer and producer of TV dramas.…
Reality television personalities Kim Zolciak, 45, and her husband Kroy Biermann, 38, are embroiled in a bitter and very public divorce proceeding that has revealed their worrying financial state. Through legal documents made public, Biermann points a finger at his wife as the primary catalyst for their financial predicament. For all his eight seasons as…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Passing North Carolina’s budget will remain the last hurdle for the state to expand Medicaid to potentially cover 600,000 adults who don’t qualify or make enough for health insurance now that an effort to link it to authorizing more casinos is off the table. What You Need To Know The state’s two-year budget…
Summary What You Wish For is a noir-inspired culinary thriller starring Nick Stahl as a down-on-his-luck chef who gets caught up in a dangerous game. The film follows Ryan as he assumes the identity of his successful culinary school friend, Jack, to settle a large gambling debt. What You Wish For premieres at Austin’s Fantastic…
Australian Update Addressing Modern Slavery Risks in Renewable Energy Supply Chains As the modern slavery risks in the supply chains of renewable energy producers and markets come into focus (ABC|GreenBiz), the office of the New South Wales Anti-Slavery Commissioner recently released the discussion paper A Code of Practice on Managing Modern Slavery Risks in Renewable Energy…
The New South Wales government has vowed to invest $2.2bn in housing and infrastructure projects, including new roads and schools, in Labors first state budget in more than a decade. The government has forecast a $7.8bn deficit this financial year but expects a string of modest surpluses after that, bankrolled by its big twin revenue…