Man charged in Waterbury shooting over gambling debt BY JONATHAN SHUGARTS REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN WATERBURY A shooting victim became a shooting suspect after police tied him to an attack outside of a Grove Street liquor store that left a man gunshot. George Nelson, who authorities suspect is a member of the Bloods street gang, was charged Wednesday…
Melissa Hills – Yahoo7 News on March 17, 2016, 5:47 pm Video Three-year-old girl sold to cover mum’s gambling debts A shocking video has emerged of the moment a Chinese mother counted money out with her little girl before she was about to illegally sell her to a trafficker to pay off gambling debts. Huanqiu.com…
Man charged in Waterbury shooting over gambling debt BY JONATHAN SHUGARTS REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN WATERBURY A shooting victim became a shooting suspect after police tied him to an attack outside of a Grove Street liquor store that left a man gunshot. George Nelson, who authorities suspect is a member of the Bloods street gang, was charged Wednesday…
Forensic police investigate after a man was fatally stabbed in the Golden Square Car Park Melbournes Chinatown. Picture: Nicole Garmston A CAFE worker is accused of stabbing of a man in Melbournes Chinatown to death in broad daylight to rid himself of a gambling debt, a court has heard. Fai Sing Yiu, 60, is on…
David Milch, the storied mind also behind ‘Deadwood,’ changed television. Now, according to a lawsuit, the racetrack regular has lost his homes, owes the IRS $17 million and is on a $40-a-week allowance. Still, his supporters stay close: “He’s brilliant. This story first appeared in the Feb. 26 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To…
Unpaid gambling loans may deal Genting Singapore Plc its steepest profit decline since 2009, tumbling 72 percent to S$143 million ($102 million) in 2015 and missing consensus estimates by about half due to debt provisions, according to Deutsche Bank AG analyst Jeffrey Ng. Singapore doesnt allow so-called junket operators to lend money to high-stakes VIP…
David Milch, who created NYPD Blue and Deadwood, is on a $40-a-week allowance after gambling away his entire fortune. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the four-time Emmy winner earned an estimated $100 million throughout his career. However, a lawsuit filed by Milch’s wife, Rita Milch, reveals the critically-acclaimed writer is now $17 million in debt…
CLEVELAND (WJW) – Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Reggie Rucker is facing federal charges after authorities say he used charitable donations to pay his gambling debts. Rucker, 68, of Warrensville Heights, played for the Browns from 1975 to 1981. He was the executive director of Amer-I-Can Cleveland in Shaker Heights and president of the Cleveland…
For several decades, David Milch has been a powerful force in Hollywood. Milch, a four-time Emmy-winning writer and producer was one of the creative minds behind such acclaimed television dramas as NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, and Deadwood. A longtime horse racing fan, Milch also created the short-lived HBO drama Luck, which while critically acclaimed, seemed to have nothing but bad luck…
DAVID RICHARD/AP Reggie Rucker is accused of stealing from Cleveland charity to pay off gambling losses in Las Vegas. CLEVELAND A former NFL player withdrew hundreds of thousands of dollars from the account of an inner-city Cleveland charity to satisfy Las Vegas gambling debts and to pay personal expenses, according to charges filed Tuesday…