30-second summary Watchdog reviewing use of credit cards to place bets As much as 8.6m a year being gambled via credit cards MPs concerned it adds to Britains gambling epidemic of 480,000 problem gamblers After a Daily Mail report highlighted the way gambling companies encourage their customers into spending more money, the next call for…
PayPal has been accused of letting problem gamblers spend up to 150,000 a day, prompting concerns that addicts are using the online payment system to circumvent bank limits. MPs and gambling experts called for the company to be more responsible to stop people racking up huge debts that could force them into bankruptcy. The Department…
Cleaning Up on ITV concluded last night on ITV. For the past six weeks, viewers have been following the story of working-class single-mother Sam (played by Sheridan Smith) who suffered from a gambling addiction. Not only that, Sam got herself into illegal waters by participating in insider trading. So how did the series come to…
A Vancouver man is accused of stealing about $65,000 from multiple local construction companies and people in the industry to help pay off more than $200,000 in gambling debts. Travis W. Saban, 45, appeared Wednesday in Clark County Superior Court on suspicion of first-degree theft. Judge Scott Collier granted Saban supervised release; he will be…
It is estimated that for every 100 people who gamble as entertainment or as a business, there will be three to five out of the hundred that will have a problem with gambling. In the United States, there will be 750,000 teenagers between the ages of 14 and 21. While some problem gamblers are able…
Certain gamblers are clich, right? The business person playing table games during a work trip to Las Vegas, or the retired couples who pour their pensions into the slots in exchange for buffet passes. But who wouldnt you expect to see at the casino? 1. A Tale of Two Nuns Everyone knew that Sisters Mary…
PUBLISHED: 15:30 07 February 2019 | UPDATED: 16:20 07 February 2019 Reece Hanson Morrisons in Gorleston, where Mark James was a senior manager. Photo: Andy Darnell Archant 2008 A debt-ridden senior manager who worked for M… Read the full article at: https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/gorleston-morrisons-senior-manager-mark-james-stole-2-000-from-company-1-5883020
Gordon Currie Aaron Fleming tried to extort 500 from the man he met on the dating appALAMY A blackmailer who threatened to expose a married man to his unsuspecting wife after meeting on a gay dating app was ordered to carry out 240 hours of unpaid work yesterday. Aaron Fleming used the Grindr app to…
An unusually lucrative fundraiser for a former Liberal politician beset with gambling debts generated just under $300,000, according to a new statement from the now independent MP. But the comments Raj Grewal made on Twitter Friday about the fundraising dinner last April also raise more questions, as he suggested that fewer than half of the…
An oppressive amount of debt can feel like a heavy weight on your shoulders. Every month the problem can seem to get worse as interest accrues and bills continue to fill the mailbox. And it can affect people in several ways: According to a study by the American Psychological Association in 2015, some 72% of…