The Uniting Church in Australia’s Tasmanian synod has urged the government to swiftly progress the passage of legislation to prevent interactive gambling providers from directly or indirectly accepting credit card payments. A Senate inquiry has been tasked to examine the bill and its due to provide its final report to Parliament on July 30. The…
A doctor has bravely opened up of his crippling gambling addiction which drove him to defraud NHS and lose 10,000 in one night. Aled Jones, 39, hit rock bottom after losing the eye-watering sum on a single bet. To service the debt, he resorted to claiming payment for overlapping shifts, falsifying cheques, carrying out out-on…
A doctor has spoken of his crippling gambling addiction which led him to defrauding the NHS and losing 10,000 in one night on a tennis match. Aled Jones resorted to claiming payment for overlapping shifts, falsifying cheques, carrying out out-on call shifts during his contracted hours and making claims for payment for shifts he didn’t…
A young Dublin father who said he was holding drugs, tobacco and a loaded firearm for others in order to pay off gambling debts has been jailed for four years. illiam Fagan (29), of Merchants Square, East Wall, pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to possession of cannabis for sale or supply, possession of…
A DELIVERY driver who turned to smuggling cannabis in desperation after racking up a large gambling debt has been given a four-year suspended sentence for drugs possession. Muhammad Qaisar, aged 32, of Glanmire Road, Cork city, a Pakistani national, has no previous convictions except for a matter concerning a residency visa. Stopped in Dublin Garda…
A delivery driver living in Cork who turned to smuggling cannabis in desperation after racking up a large gambling debt has been given a four-year suspended sentence for drugs possession. Pakistani national Muhammad Qaisar, aged 32, of Glanmire Road, Cork City, has no previous convictions except for a matter concerning a residency visa. Garda Niamh…
A delivery driver who turned to smuggling cannabis in desperation after racking up a large gambling debt has been given a four-year suspended sentence for drugs possession. uhammad Qaisar (32), of Glanmire Road, Cork City, a Pakistani national, has no previous convictions except for a matter concerning a residency visa. Garda Niamh Guilfoyle told Fiona…
Without expressly saying so, the changes now proposed amount to an implied admission that some of Crowns practices some quite recent are inconsistent with the responsible service of gaming … It would be open for the commission to conclude that Crowns various failures to implement the code are serious and persistent, he said. The silk…
May 31EDITOR’S NOTE The MDJ sent six questions to each candidate in the June 15 special election to succeed former state Rep. Bert Reeves, R-Marietta. The questions were identical for each candidate, and candidates were asked to limit their responses to 250 words. This is the fourth installment of the six-part series. Each session, the…
Theres no doubt that athletes are a competitive bunch. So, it is not surprising that quite a few famous athletes like to gamble. They dont gamble on their own games mind you that would be against the rules. Well, OK, one name does come to mind who notoriously did do just that. But for the…