Push to ban credit cards in online gambling goes before senate committee – Gold Coast Bulletin

There are calls to ban the use of credit cards in online betting platforms over fears they are causing irreparable financial harm. Australian senators have heard impassioned pleas by financial counsellors and gambling reform groups to ban the use of credit cards for online betting. The use of credit cards for online wagering platforms like…

Car salesman avoids jail after conning business associate out of £35000 to pay gambling debts Car Dealer Magazine – Car Dealer Magazine

A car salesman has narrowly avoided jail after he scammed a business associate out of 35,000 in order to cover gambling debts. James Brookes, 32, worked for BMW in Crewe but ran a side venture with two unnamed business partners. The deal saw Brookes, a self-confessed gambling addict, take money from the two unnamed men…

Push to ban credit cards in online gambling goes before senate committee | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site – NEWS.com.au

There are calls to ban the use of credit cards in online betting platforms over fears they are causing irreparable financial harm. Australian senators have heard impassioned pleas by financial counsellors and gambling reform groups to ban the use of credit cards for online betting. The use of credit cards for online wagering platforms like…

Gambling industry must pay for addiction treatment – The Irish Times

The Minister of State at the Department of Justice, James Browne, is due to bring forward a new regulatory framework for gambling this autumn. Since previous minister for justice Alan Shatters Gambling Control Bill was drafted in 2013, each year brought more disappointment that successive governments failed to enact new legislation. Shatters legislation represented an…