Melbourne pub fined for taking bets from boy, 16, with nearly $100,000 in gambling debts – The Guardian Australia

A 16-year-old Melbourne boy was able to gamble nearly $100,000, including at suburban pubs, despite his mother desperately seeking help, a court has heard. The Melbourne magistrates court heard that when his mother discovered his gambling habits, she began a frantic mission to get him help, only to be repeatedly turned away. In April last…

Gambling debts led star croquet player to target woman in smishing text scam, court hears – Irish Examiner

An Irish international croquet player ran up such huge debts from gambling that he conceived an elaborate smishing scam that aimed to rob an innocent Cork woman of her life savings, the district court has heard. Court presenter Inspector Tony OSullivan said that Mark Stephens, 30, of Brighton Place, Foxrock, Co Dublin and Joel Antony,…