The founder of an insurance corporate consulting and training company conquered his gambling addiction and turned his life around. SINGAPORE While insurance agent Raymond Lim may now be earning an average of S$100,000 a month, the father of two young children was, in his own words, a gambling “addict”, and on the verge of bankruptcy…
Annie Ashton By Simon Hare BBC News A man killed himself after suffering a relapse into his gambling addiction during the pandemic, his wife has told an inquest. Luke Ashton, who died aged 40 in April 2021, had run up gambling debts of 18,000 with several online betting firms two years before. His family fear…
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Michael Jordan apart from being arguably the greatest ball player was also a renowned gambler. There are enough anecdotes of Jordan putting a wager everywhere including dressing rooms, golf courses, and casinos. But a recent report shed light on the extent to which Michael Jordan was involved in the sport of betting and the rather…
A vice is a vice until its not. How did gambling, once called by Walter Rauschenbusch the vice of the savage, become a glittering virtue of the American dream? Gambling, particularly for Baptists, has long been condemned. From Billy Sunday to Billy Graham, sermons against gambling poured from pulpits, especially in the South from Southern…
Sep 12, 2023 10.35pm The government says it will convene a meeting with the state, territory and federal MPs responsible for online gambling before the end of the year, as it moves to ban the use of credit cards for online wagering. As The Australian Financial Review reported in April, the government has brought forward…
Gamblers will soon be unable to place wagers online using their credit cards in a bid to reduce problem betting. The federal government will introduce legislation to parliament on Wednesday banning credit from being used to bet online, which will also include digital currency like bitcoin. Under the new laws, companies that dont enforce the…
Gamblers will soon be unable to place wagers online using their credit cards in a bid to reduce problem betting. The federal government will introduce legislation to parliament on Wednesday banning credit from being used to bet online, which will also include digital currency like bitcoin. Under the new laws, companies that dont enforce the…
In problem gambling circles, its no surprise the state thats been in the legal business the longest is far behind modern regulation. (Getty Images) Ray, an admitted compulsive gambler, says he was about to lose his marriage when he informed his Wynn Las Vegas casino host last year that he was done after 20 years of…
Dir: Jessica Yu. US. 2023. 99mins Awkwafina plays a meek young woman whose only happiness comes from watching her favourite game show in director Jessica Yus fitfully amusing new comedy, Quiz Lady. The film sends her and her overbearing older sister (Sandra Oh) on an odd quest to become a contestant on the programme in order to…