For five years, gambling addict Katie has sought to repeat the adrenaline rush of bagging her first 10,000 win. Instead, online gaming has ruined her life and left her in despair. Furloughed from work, she fears she has run up debts of 9,000 during lockdown which she has hidden from her husband. Ive gambled for…
The UK Gambling Commission reports approximately 200.000 people suffering from severe problem gambling while several hundreds thousands more are in a mild or at risk situation. The forced isolation many British suffer from the lockdown aggravated the figures because of the risk factors implied: Idleness, solitude and the dominance of online gambling, a dangerous mix…
A former Centrelink client from Wagga has backed a royal commission into the ‘robodebt’ system due to the mental health harm she and others experienced after being wrongly told they owed thousands of dollars. Danielle George, who currently works at a supermarket, said she went down into a “spiral” when she was wrongly accused of…
Chinas war on cross border gambling is bearing fruit after it resulted in 11500 arrests as well as the seizure of about $32.4 billion worth of illegal proceeds over the last four months. This past Monday, the Public Security Ministry announced it had taken court more than 250 criminals since it started this crackdown against…
Chiles struggling casino operators could be allowed to expand into online gambling under a plan floated by the government to offset operators COVID-19 struggles. On Tuesday, Chilean media reported that the government plans to send Congress a proposal to allow automatic renewals of the operating permits of 14 casinos that were scheduled to expire this…
article Brevard Sheriff’s Office BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – One teen is dead after a triple shooting in Merrit Island on Wednesday, deputies said. The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said that they received acall around 6:55 p.m.on Wednesdayat the Courtenay Palms Apartments inMeritt Island.When deputies arrived at the scene, the Sheriff’s Office reportedly found threemen with…
An instantly recognisable star of what might be termed the golden age of snooker, Willie Thorne, has died aged 66 after suffering from leukaemia. With his bald head, magnificent moustache and standing 6ft 2in tall, he became popular when television took up the sport in earnest. But for all his natural brilliance as a player,…
Imogen didn’t want to dip into her super early. She’s a uni student from Brisbane, and has been working casually in hospitality while studying. Then the pandemic hit. She’s out of work, and just misses out on Centrelink payments because she’s 21. The government still considers her a dependent, supported by her parents – even…
Six years and nine months’ jail for a trip to Bunnings and helping a mate crack open cocaine-filled car parts was “unreasonable and plainly unjust”, NSW appeal judges have ruled. Biomedical scientist Klyde O’Shaughnessy will be eligible for release in November after his jail term was cut by 40 per cent this week. He successfully…
Men who have accessed their superannuation early during the coronavirus crisis have increased their spending on gambling by almost twice as much as women, new data shows. Women spent nearly one-fifth more than men on food and clothing, and 25 per cent extra on utility bills. They also spent twice as much as men on…