In the past week, suicides of a bank employee, a small business owner and a lathe operator in Tamil Nadu had one thing in common mounting debt caused by an addiction to online gambling. In July, it was a 20-year-old part-time tattoo parlour staffer who hanged himself after losing 20,000 on a gaming app.Although exact…
A personal trainer who held cocaine in order to pay off a 15,000 gambling debt has been remanded on continuing bail pending sentence. Elmir Habibovic (31) of Woodvale Avenue, Hartstown, Dublin 15, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to having 25,500 worth of cocaine at his home for sale or supply on April 19th,…
The department had originally been made aware the land could have been purchased in January, 2011. By January 2013, the Ottones had received close to $1.3 million in payments from the department before the completion of the housing project in 2014. CCC acting commissioner Scott Ellis, in an opening statement, told the hearing at the…
The Estonian Government has signed a new directive to help combat and alleviate problem gambling among the countrys population. Government to Aid in Recovery Estonian Minister of Social Affairs Tanel Kiik has signed a directive that will secure 200,000 to MT Gambling Addiction Counseling Center a non-government organization that aims to monitor problem gambling and…
The social affairs ministry says the issue of gambling among minors is of particular concern. Kathlin Mikiver, chief specialist at the Ministry of Social Affairs’ public health department, said: “In order to get rid of gambling addiction, it is important to offer individuals who acknowledge their problems, and their relatives, comprehensive help and support via…
Posted on: December 2, 2020, 01:37h. Last updated on: December 2, 2020, 03:00h. Philip Conneller Read More A gambler accused of stabbing an 88-year-old man to death outside the Ho-Chunk casino in Baraboo apologized to the victims family shortly before he was sentenced to life Tuesday. Robert Pulvermacher appears in Sauk County Circuit Court shortly…
Provided by The Independent An Indian state has passed a law banning online gaming, citing what it said were several reported cases of youngsters taking their own lives after they were pushed into debt by playing e-games. Explaining the need for the legislation, the Andhra Pradesh government said the expansion of access to new technology…
A North Shore butcher was sentenced Monday to a year in federal prison for running an illegal sports bookmaking operation that raked in millions of dollars that he used to fund real estate investments, car purchases and his familys popular wrestling gym. Domenic Poeta, 63, who for years has run Poetas Italian Food Mart in…
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It was the kind of news that should have spelt big trouble for James Packer’s Crown casino empire. In September 2014, Four Corners revealed Crown’s joint venture in Macau, Melco Crown, was bringing in high rollers from mainland China using junket operators with links to organised crime triad gangs notorious for laundering drug money and…