Controversial billionaire James Stunt is being sued by CMC Spreadbet for just over 1 Million that Stunt allegedly lost by gambling on currency changes. Stunt rose to fame by being married to Formula 1 heiress Petra Ecclestone and styles himself as a playboy billionaire. Stunt and Ecclestone are now…
AN IPSWICH court has heard how a former treasurer left local, state and national pipe band associations reeling after swindling more than $200,000 While the stolen money was blown on poker machines, clubs including the popular Ipswich Thistle Pipe Band were unknowingly being pushed into financial crisis. This week the former treasurer, Katrina Stead, was…
Scientific Games Corporation announced Tuesday that they will be offering $1.1 billion in private notes to mature in 2026. The offering will close on March 19, 2019. The sale of the 2026 notes will cover a series of unsecured notes set to mature in 2022 worth approximately $1 billion.…
30-second summary: Japan has rising levels of problem gambling A number of innovative measures are being proposed by the government to curb this trend Facial recognition technology will be introduced at gambling facilities to refuse entry to problem gamblers Japan is expanding its presence in the gambling space Innovative facial recognition move The Japanese government…
From: Christine McDade, Morton on Swale. ON national television on Monday night, Theresa May stated that the dreadful rise in knife crime was not related to huge reduction in police officers in this country. To paraphrase Mandy Rice-Davis during the Profumo scandal, she would say that, wouldnt she? She was the hugely unpopular Home Secretary…
Delphine Seyrig as the Lilac Fairy in Jacques Demys Donkey Skin. Photo: Demy Jacques, Marianne Productions The key takeaway from the essential Delphine Seyrig retrospective opening at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive might be how little we Americans know of and appreciate the great French actress dexterity the many faces and the…
With the ever growing problem of student gambling, Scott Davies – former footballer for Reading FC – visited our school on Friday the 1st of February to discuss how his gambling addiction affected his footballing career. In a recent study by YouthSight, conducted on 1,000 people, 1 in 8 undergraduate students admitted to skipping lessons…
Financial stress is one of the top causes of break-ups, according to Relationships Australia, and while bills, budgets and debt are hardly the stuff of romance, couples who talk money have a better sex life. Okay, this may not be entirely true. In fact, I couldnt find any research to support it, but I did…
Share this: Real estate analysts agree that tightening credit is a key driver of the house price decline across the country. With banks now scrutinising loan applicants finances even more closely, preparation is the name of the game. Gone are the days when you could casually walkinto a bank and come out with a home…
30-second summary Singaporean property agent scammed money from his clients Escaped to Malaysia to gamble the stolen money Racked up further debt and forced to fake his own kidnapping Pleads to his family to pay the ransom Joe Tan Kia Hian has been jailed for crimes he committed to fund his gambling addiction, including faking…
