ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Police in Anchorage are asking for help from the public in identifying a man who threatened a couple with a handgun. According to a release issued by the Anchorage Police Department, two unidentified men went to a home on the 4800 block of Snow Circle on Saturday “in an attempt to collect…
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has savaged the gambling industry and its impact on families while calling for a shake up of GST distribution. Mr Forrest said pokies revenue collected by the states should be included in calculations to determine GST allocations in the same way as mining royalties. He said the existing GST carve-up encouraged…
Maybe its a West Australian thing, but Richard Goyder cant help but shake his head and chuckle when chatting about his elevation to the most powerful position in Australian sport. At the kitchen table of his beautifully renovated Toodyay homestead, relaxed in a blue Sloppy Joe, grubby work jeans and thick socks any country boy…
An IT worker who defrauded Dundee City Council out of more than £1 million will have to sell his house to pay off part of his debt to the local authority. A confiscation order against Mark Conway, 52, was granted at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday. Conway was imprisoned for more than five…
Defence lawyer Kim Moloney said Sweeney has been battling a gambling addiction. A young man turned to shoplifting in an attempt to pay off his mounting gambling debts, a court heard. Martin Sweeney (22) planned to sell the cosmetics he stole, but he was caught red-handed by security staff as he left a south Dublin…
MAYBE its a West Australian thing, but Richard Goyder cant help but shake his head and chuckle when chatting about his elevation to the most powerful position in Australian sport. At the kitchen table of his beautifully renovated Toodyay homestead, relaxed in a blue Sloppy Joe, grubby work jeans and thick socks any country boy…
What drove Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock to shoot up a country music concert remained a mystery Tuesday, as a vexing array of possible clues did little to bring into focus a motive for the biggest mass shooting in modern American history. … Read the full article at: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/10/03/las-vegas-shooting-from-isis-to-gambling-debts-theories-abound-for-shooters-motive.html
Problem gambling and family violence are terrible twins. Like most twins they have common features loss of control, secrecy, denial, tolerance of the problem despite adverse consequences, minimisation and harm to the entire family. In the Hunter, 2.6 per cent of the adult population demonstrate problem or moderate risk gambling behaviour, and a staggering 14.7…
Image copyright Getty Images A ban on new casinos opening in Swansea is set to be extended for three years. The city’s council imposed the rule in 2014, which followed on from barring sex entertainment venues 12 months earlier. Tackling poverty is a priority for the council and it sees gambling as having the potential…
Oct 26, 2017 Newsdesk Japan, Latest News, Top of the deck   A comparative paper on casino regulation published by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) suggests any Japanese casino industry should avoid the practice pursued in the Nevada, Macau and Singapore casino markets of allowing certain gamblers to play on credit. Japan…
