A PRIVATE hire taxi driver who was caught with almost 300,000 of high-purity cocaine hidden in his car was today jailed for three years. Gordon Mitchell, 36, was snared near to Gorbals Leisure Centre in Glasgow on December 2, 2019. Police had spotted him doing a number of three-point turns in his Volkswagen Passat and…
Around one in five prisoners is involved in gambling, especially sports betting, according to the first survey of its kind. The Forward Trust questioned 224 residents at English mens and womens prisons and found that 22% admitted to having gambled in prison during the previous 12 months. As well as sports including football, boxing and…
The National Council unanimously voted on a bill that will allow the SBM to collect debts from its customers. The purpose of Bill 1019 is to put an end to the legal exception of gambling debts with regard to casinos, regardless of the date of the debt and even if the debt was amassed with…
Betty has sought therapy after taking money from Scarletts account (Picture: REX) Scarlett Moffatts mother is receiving therapy after allegedly taking thousands from her daughters accounts to fund her gambling addiction. Gogglebox star Betty Moffatt reportedly checked into rehab after Scarlett, 30, discovered her mum had secretly taken thousands of pounds from her accounts as…
When a young man walked into a payday lender in Tbilisi and took 19 people hostage on November 20, brandishing what appeared to be a rifle and hand grenades, it looked at first glance like a simple robbery. But the would-be robber, 31-year-old carpenter Levan Zurabashvili, did not ask for money. Instead, he demanded the…
Badminton World Federation (BWF) has handed a life ban to a representative of a sports brand for his role in match fixing, while separately eight Indonesian players have received sanctions for breaching rules related to match fixing, match manipulation and betting. The BWF said the two integrity cases concluded in late 2020, with decisions reached…
TheBritish Columbia Lottery Corporation recently conducted the first of two virtual pre-conference sessions, namedBanking on a Different Perspective: The Financial Industrys Role in Safer Gambling.Below is an extract from the webinar sent to Gambling Insider: Financial-services firms are in a unique position to not only support the financial wellbeing of their customers but also their…
When a young man walked into a payday lender in Tbilisi and took 19 people hostage on November 20, brandishing what appeared to be a rifle and hand grenades, it looked at first glance like a simple robbery. But the would-be robber, 31-year-old carpenter Levan Zurabashvili, did not ask for money. Instead, he demanded the…
Express News Service KOCHI: Over the past few months, two persons died by suicide owing to the mounting pile of debts caused by online gambling, a dangerous addiction.Experts highlight the loopholes in the Betting and Gaming Act of 1960 and the vulnerable population that falls prey to such games 29-year-old man from Thiruvananthapuram recently took…
iGaming operators have been keeping a close watch on the fast growing Indian online gaming market which has become bigger with every passing year. The COVID-19 lockdown worked well for Indian online gaming operators as they witnessed a significant boost in new player registrations and player traffic during the 2020 lockdown. However, the sudden increase…
