Former NFL running back Clinton Portis is slated for a one-day trial on Sept. 6 over a $170,000 debt owed to Atlantic Citys Borgata casino, Card Player has learned. The case is before the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida in Gainesville. Portis filed for bankruptcy in 2015 with total debts…
by: Michael Yoshida, ActionNewsJax.com Updated: Feb 21, 2017 – 1:22 PM “; var imageDivId = “#”+”imageDisplayModal_496126406”; if ($(“.reveal-modal-bg”).length == 0) { $(“#wrapper”).after(“”); } if ($(imageDivId).length == 0) { $(“#wrapper”).after(contentText); } A veteran said that he lost millions of dollars as a result of his gambling addiction, and he’s speaking out now that government officials are…
Rubicon Projects president Greg Raifman is leaving the company as part of a leadership team restructuring that will see six other executives leave the ad tech company. In an email to employees, seen by Business Insider, Rubicon Project CEO Frank Addante explained that the reorganization finalised a streamlining process that the company announced on November…
A man accused of murdering a cannabis dealer set up an alibi with a friend by going to the cinema to watch a Rambo film, a Melbourne court has heard. Christopher Lavery, 31, has been charged with murdering James Russouw, 24, by stabbing him in the neck and setting his body and car on fire…
Former Atlanta Falcons wideout Roddy White spent Super Bowl weekend partying and gambling with Charles Barkley. Similar to the Falcons defense in overtime, they got smoked. In this weeks We Never Played The Game podcast, White chronicled a star-crossed weekend at Mandalay Bay in which he wound up in Falcons red, losing $100,000. White dropped…
Comments (0) A physiotherapist turned his flat into a cannabis factory to pay off a gambling debt, a court has heard. Police raided the 47-year-old Jason Wedgwood’s Staffordshire home after receiving a tip-off. Stoke Crown Court heard officers found Wedgwood had been growing cannabis – then they discovered he had also leased the flat next door…
The Star Entertainment Group has confirmed what everyone in the gaming industry knew the minute Chinese authorities arrested 18 Crown Resorts staff three months ago. The world’s most lucrative source of gaming revenue was suddenly off limits and casinos could no longer rely so much on the private jet-loads of high-rollers flocking to casinos in…
Romance might be in the air this month, but in a world of growing credit card debt, loans and big mortgages, money problems for couples can be a relationship deal breaker. A survey by Relationships Australia highlighted that financial stress was one of the key negative influences on a couples relationship, with disagreements about money…
The church’s national body unanimously passed a motion urging the government to bring forward proposals to reduce the amount gamblers can stake on a single game from £100 to £2. Around 35,000 fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs), or B2 machines, are found in betting shops across the UK, on which gamblers can stake a maximum of…
The Union Budget was recently announced, and while it has its pros and cons, there is one underlining factor that almost everyone would agree with money is a big cause of stress for many. Worrying about money can take a toll on your mental health. People suffering from financial problems are three times more prone…