A casino player was found beaten to death at a guest house in Macau. The investigators have confirmed that it all happened over unpaid gambling debts and the perpetrators were loan sharks. The victim, aged 40, was confined in a guest house by three loan sharks after he had allegedly…
One killer confesses A gambler has been found beaten to death in a Macau guesthouse, allegedly over unpaid casino debts, reports the Macau Times. The unnamed victim, aged 40, had been held captive at the boarding house by three loan sharks, who had loaned him HKD50,000 ($6,373; 4,863). When the man lost all the cash…
May 06, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck   A mainland Chinese gambler was found dead in what was described as a guest house in downtown Macau peninsula on Friday. He is thought to have been severely beaten by suspected loan sharks over a purported gambling debt of HKD50,000 (US$6,373), according…
May 06, 2019 Newsdesk Latest News, Macau, Top of the deck   A mainland Chinese gambler was found dead in what was described as a guest house in downtown Macau peninsula on Friday. He is thought to have been severely beaten by suspected loan sharks over a purported gambling debt of HKD50,000 (US$6,373), according…
A Maryland casinos objection to a Virginia debtors repayment plan because of a marker he owed the casino was sustained, despite a Virginia code prohibition making gaming contracts void, because Virginias public policy against enforcing gambling debts is no longer so fundamental so as to void the agreement. Background This matter came before…
Tolls, pot, gambling, debt and taxes. They are among the most contentious issues in what has been an intriguing first legislative session with Ned Lamont as governor. But with five weeks left in the session, Democratic lawmakers have yet to vote on the top policy changes that they and Lamont have proposed. Bills on these…
Details of an ongoing scam within the Netherlands have been published by the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM). Reports suggest that the scam seeks to claim back non-existing gambling debts from Dutch consumers. The Authority has revealed that companies Bailiff Smits and Co, Inter Payment Service and Lootsma and Partners, are all involved as…
A business regulation agency based in The Hague has released information regarding a scam that claims fake gambling debts from consumers. Pressurizing people to pay The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has namedLootsma and Partners, Bailiff Smits and CoandInter Payment Service as the collection companies involved in the scam, according to a report…
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A mother-of-two whose husband lost NZ$200,000 (101,000; $132,000) gambling has spoken out urging others to be aware of the warning signs. Forced to sell their home The woman, from Christchurch, New Zealand, spoke to Stuff about her husbands gambling problem, which he had managed to hide for over 10 years. As a result of his…