NEW YORK (AP) A reputed Philadelphia mob boss known for beating murder raps, surviving attempts on his life and reinventing himself as a restaurateur is back in court facing federal fraud charges. Opening statements in the trial of Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino are set for Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. Merlino, 55, was among…
LONDON (Reuters) – Sky Bets majority owner CVC has hired investment bank Rothschild to examine a stock market listing of the British firm, seeking to take advantage of booming equity markets and the growing popularity of online gambling. A flotation could value the Leeds-based business, which is led by Chief Executive Richard Flint, at between…
Many people will have hit the shops or gone online to bag a bargain in the January sales over the last few weeks and may now be feeling the pinch until their next payday. It is an annual tradition for some with tales of shoppers getting up in the middle of the night to secure…
A bloody public brawl between two brothers witnessed by residents in Yuen Long this week was the culmination of months of resentment sparked by claims the younger siblings girlfriend was born in the wrong year, the pairs mother said today. The brothers surnamed Wong and identified by local media yesterday as 32-year-old Ah Keung and 20-year-old Ah Kit fought at the Long Ping…
A bloody public brawl between two brothers witnessed by residents in Yuen Long this week was the culmination of months of resentment sparked by claims the younger siblings girlfriend was born in the wrong year, the pairs mother said today. The brothers surnamed Wong and identified by local media yesterday as 32-year-old Ah Keung and 20-year-old Ah Kit fought at the Long Ping…
The ringleader in the kidnapping and bashing of a Sydney man over a $1200 drug debt has been jailed for at least five years and seven months. In sentencing Pranil Ravi Kishinchand, Judge Sharron Norton said the victim was detained for almost 24 hours, repeatedly punched in the face and a photo of him with…
January 24, 2018 Nearly four months after the Las Vegas massacre, investigators have released a preliminary report about the shooter, Stephen Paddock. His motives remain unclear but officials cant help but point to one possible factor: his extensive gambling in the days before the Oct. 1 killings and the loss of a significant amount of…
The Natrona County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man for allegedly forging 35 checks on an elderly woman’s account and siphoning over $15,000 from her over the course of a year. Roy Davis, 45, was booked into jail on recommended charges of abuse of a vulnerable adult as well as 35 counts of forgery. He will…
Gambling has forever been linked to culture and is intrinsically connected to the history of the U.K. Though its form may have changed throughout the centuries, gambling has been a part of and has helped to shape society since prehistory, the Middle Ages and well into the modern day. Lets take a walk back in…
There is insufficient research on what can tip a gambler towards destructive addiction.Credit: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg/Getty Pathological gambling is thought to affect as many people as autism and schizophrenia. It disrupts employment, relationships and health, and places an enormous burden on the state. It is the only behavioural addiction formally recognized by the American Psychiatric Association,…