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…
A woman whose husband had run up gambling debts was brought to Britain and forced to work as a prostitute by a married couple who ran a trafficking ring in upmarket areas of London. Wai Tsang, 52, and Wenwen Pan, 40, known as Big Brother and Mimi, threatened their victims with violence and told one…
Star toasts 35 years on the Gold Coast The Star Gold Coast celebrated a milestone this week, its 35th anniversary since opening on November 23, 1985. Originally called The Conrad Jupiters Casino and Resort, the establishment was renamed Jupiters Casino in 2010 before changing to The Star Gold Coast in 2017. During the past three…
CLOSE The coronavirus pandemic has fueled an increase in the use of online betting sites. (Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto) Years ago, Rose Blozinski of the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling took a phone call from a woman who was in big trouble. “A stay-at-home mom did some online gambling and said, ‘I owe them $30,000,’” Blozinski…
Sydney man kidnapped child in attempt to recover gambling debt sentenced to jail A Gold Coast child was kidnapped to recover a Sydney mans $5.5 million gambling debt, the Southport District Court has heard. The ABC reports that Zhen Jie Zhang, 55, has been sentenced to seven years jail after admitting he acted irrationally and…
A Boxborough man accused of holding a man against his will and assaulting him over a three-day period over a purported gambling debt was arraigned in Ayer District Court, the Middlesex district attorneys office announced Thursday. Corey Convey, 34, was ordered held, pending a dangerousness hearing on Nov. 23, at his arraignment Wednesday, prosecutors said…
A Boxborough man accused of holding a man against his will and assaulting him over a three-day period over a purported gambling debt was arraigned in Ayer District Court, the Middlesex district attorneys office announced Thursday. Corey Convey, 34, was ordered held, pending a dangerousness hearing on Nov. 23, at his arraignment Wednesday, prosecutors said…
09:0117 Nov An Australian man has been jailed for 7 years for kidnapping a 12-year old child after claiming he had no other option to recover a $5.5million gambling debt he was owed. 55-year old Zhen Jie Zhang apologised to a Queensland court this week for the ordeal suffered by the young boy, stating through…
A 33-year-old man from Visakhapatnam took his own life after incurring huge debts in online gambling, according to his parents. The deceased was identified as M Sateesh, a resident of Kothapet in Gopalapatnam mandal. He was working as a fitter with the Naval Dockyard in Vizag. Though Sateesh died on Saturday, the incident came to…
GamCare demonstrated its support for the nationwide initiative Talk Money Week (#TalkMoney) annual Money & Pensions Services (MaPS), which enabled the general public to speak frankly about their personal finances. The #TalkMoney initiative, hosted from 9-13 November, put financial issues related to problem gambling as a main issue, as the public finance organisation urged the…