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Carolyn E. Hawley, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling at VCU’s College of Health Professions, has gained a deep understanding of the risks linked to gambling through a variety of community-focused research initiatives and shared recent findings on the subject.
Hawley Says Problem Gambling Can Be Hard to Identify
Hawley noted that no national prevalence study on gambling disorder has been conducted in the US since 1998 due to a lack of federal funding, leaving a significant gap in critical data. However, through her own research, she estimates that between six and eight million Americans struggle with gambling-related issues. This includes both…
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (WKRC) – A man allegedly attempted to escape over $16,000 in gambling debt he accumulated in a cruise ship casino by jumping off the ship.
Jey González Díaz allegedly boarded Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas on Aug. 31 and remained on board through the entirety of its trip to Barbados and back to port on Sept. 7, according to CBS News and People.
González Díaz reportedly jumped off of the cruise ship at the San Juan port at around 9:15 a.m., but was quickly found by someone on a jet ski and returned to shore. He was immediately arrested and detained, and authorities found five different identification cards on him as well as $14,600 in cash and two cell phones, per local outlet El Nuevo Dia. The…
Paying for professional debt help is a common route borrowers take, but the cost won’t be worth it in every situation.
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Americans are carrying more credit card debt than ever before, with the total credit card debt nationwide sitting at a record-high of $1.21 trillion and the average cardholder owing over $7,000 across their card balances. With credit card interest rates hovering above 21% on average, though, and minimum payments that barely touch the principal, it’s easy to end up in what feels…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW), the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) and the Insolvency Practitioners Association issued joint guidance at the end of August following a recent High Court decision imposing a strict “12-month rule” for MVLs.
In a ruling in July, the High Court strictly interpreted section 89 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (IA86), confirming that a company in a solvent MVL must pay all its debts within 12 months of the commencement of the winding up or convert the liquidation to a creditors’ voluntary liquidation (CVL). The judgment said that the liquidator has no discretion to make payments to creditors beyond the first 12 months of the liquidation.
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One man allegedly threw himself into the open sea to avoid paying his gambling debt.
Spotted on the New York Post, a passenger on a Royal Caribbean cruise had the bright idea to jump overboard in hopes of avoiding having to pay his $16,000 gambling debt, which he racked up while on vacation.
The passenger, identified as Jey Gonzalez-Diaz, was on a week-long cruise on the Rhapsody of the Seas, where he went on one hell of a gambling spree, according to authorities.
While the ship was pulling into the Port of San Juan, Gonzalez-Diaz realized he was in big trouble and jumped ship while disembarking shortly after 9 a.m.local time, according to a criminal complaint…
A cruise ship passenger is facing a federal charge after jumping overboard with thousands in cash on him this past weekend in Puerto Rico, after allegedly incurring about $16,000 in gambling losses on the high seas, federal prosecutors said.
Jey Xander Omar Gonzalez-Diaz was arrested on Sunday after allegedly jumping off Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas when it docked in San Juan, according to a criminal complaint by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Special Agent Gabriel Santiago.
The passenger has been charged with allegedly failing to report the transport of monetary instruments over $10,000 from outside the United States. The complaint did not explicitly link Gonzalez-Diaz’s decision to jump…
A cruise ship passenger is facing a federal charge after jumping overboard with thousands in cash on him this past weekend in Puerto Rico, after allegedly incurring about $16,000 in gambling losses on the high seas, federal prosecutors said.
Jey Xander Omar Gonzalez-Diaz was arrested on Sunday after allegedly jumping off Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas when it docked in San Juan, according to a criminal complaint by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Special Agent Gabriel Santiago.
The passenger has been charged with allegedly failing to report the transport of monetary instruments over $10,000 from outside the United States. The complaint did not explicitly link Gonzalez-Diaz’s decision to jump…
