Related Articles GamCare has shown its support for the Money & Pensions Services (MaPS) annual Talk Money Week (#TalkMoney) national campaign, which encouraged the general public to openly speak about their personal finances. Hosted from 9-13 November, the #TalkMoney campaign placed financial concerns related to problem gambling as a key topic, as the public finance…
Days of our Lives spoilers bring Ava Vitali (Tamara Braun) back to the NBC soap opera but who is she, whats she doing with the Kiriakis heir, and why is her return such a big deal? Here are the five most important things to know about this woman. #1 Ava Vitali Died on Days of…
A 12-year-old boy was just metres from his home when a strange man jumped from a dark Jeep, shoved a jacket over his head and dragged him into the vehicle. A costume mask was crammed on to the boy’s head and his vision marred by duct tape over the eye holes on the afternoon of…
Childs father owed kidnapper money Southport District Court in Queensland, Australia sentenced Zhen Jie Zhang, 55, to seven years in prison Tuesday for kidnapping a Gold Coast child to recover a AU$5.5m (US$4m) gambling debt from the boys father. no other option but to kidnap the 12-year-old son of a gambling associate Zhang, from Sydney,…
After gambling his way to a $30,000 debt, the Sydney restaurateur Angelo Ziotas had another bad idea. He turned off the CCTV inside his Surry Hills restaurant Essenza, lit 50 tea candles, dressed up as a masked intruder and stabbed himself in the back, twice. Having also used paper to set alight clothes that hed…
After gambling his way to a $30,000 debt, restaurateur Angelo Ziotas had another bad idea. He turned off the CCTV in the Sydney restaurant Essenza, lit 50 tea candles, dressed up as a home invader and stabbed himself in the back twice. Having also used paper to set alight clothes he’d worn, flames spread to…
A Sydney man who kidnapped a Gold Coast child to recover a $5.5 million gambling debt from the boy’s father has been sentenced to seven years’ jail. Key points: Zhen Jie Zhang kidnapped the 12-year-old son of a gambling associate who owed him money He offered an apology to the boy and his family, saying…
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has been hit by a huge fine – $150,000 AUD – for increasing the credit limit on the account of a known problem gambler By: Andrew Burnett The CBA is the biggest banking multinational in the southern hemisphere, but ran afoul of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC)…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday said the state government will ban online rummy and bring in legal changes to arrest its organisers and players. The state government has decided to ban all online games involving betting, he told reporters in Coimbatore where he arrived to review Covid-19 management work and inaugurate…
Published 6 November 2020 Lord Turnbull A former IT worker for Dundee City Council who was sentenced to five years and four months imprisonment for fraud has successfully appealed against the length of his sentence. Mark Conwayscase was referred to the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission in August 2019. The SCCRC referred the sentence on…