At last, ‘crack cocaine’ gambling machines to face major clampdown: Ministers order review of fixed-odds betting … – Daily Mail

Stakes could be reduced to as little as £2 a spin The review will consider the advertising of betting sites on TV  Gamblers can currently wager £100 every 20 seconds on the machines There are more than 35,000 fixed odds betting terminals in the UK  By James Slack And Ian Drury For The Daily Mail…

Top Great Manchester Police inspector faces the sack over alleged gambling debt deception – Manchester Evening News

A police inspector is facing the sack after allegedly deceiving friends and colleagues into lending him thousands of pounds to pay off huge gambling debts. Jon Percival, a Tactical Aid Unit officer, is accused of concealing the true extent of his financial crisis – being more than £100,000 in debt – when he repeatedly asked…

Man pleads no contest to accruing $135K gambling debt on the job – Kearney Hub

KEARNEY Gambling while on the clock and racking up a six-figure debt have a Kearney man facing jail time. Keegan Fitzgerald, 22, of Kearney pleaded no contest last week in Buffalo County Court to six counts of misdemeanor illegal… Read the full article at: http://www.kearneyhub.com/news/local/man-pleads-no-contest-to-accruing-k-gambling-debt-on/article_f5ed5ff0-0641-5b91-a7f3-3ac1ab494de1.html

For Star Entertainment Group, sometimes the house doesn’t win enough – The Sydney Morning Herald

The iron-clad rule of gambling is that the house always wins. But for Star Entertainment Group, sometimes the house doesn’t win enough. Its win rate historically averages 1.35 per cent on its international VIP business, with anything better than 1 per cent leaving the house ahead. Casino numbers are up in Sydney and the Gold Coast, recovering…