Photo: @headingleyafc/Twitter An amateur football team from the 11th tier are set to become the first English club to adopt an anti-gambling shirt sponsor. Headingley AFC of theWest Yorkshire Premier League will have the logo of theGambling With Lives charity adorning their shirts for the foreseeable future. This comes at a point in the progression…
Campaigners for stronger government regulation of gambling have called for it to be classed as a public health concern and for betting companies to be required to prove their products are safe before being allowed to launch them. Charles and Liz Ritchie, whose son Jack, 24, killed himself after being drawn into gambling at 17,…
Will include online chat support and mobile phone text support. The B.C. Lottery Corporation reported net income of $1.4 billion from casinos and lotteries in the 2017-18 fiscal year, based on record revenue of $3.3 billion. Stuart Davis / PNG files Almost 2,400 people were referred to counselling by the provinces crisis line for problem…
The relentless involvement of betting companies in football has drawn a generation of young men into strongly associating their support for the game with gambling, leading to dire consequences for many, a study has found. The explosion in marketing and sponsorship since the last Labour government deregulated gambling in 2005, combined with the ease of…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Atlantic Citys Ocean Resort Casino is changing hands after just six months of operation, the latest indication that the New Jersey seaside resort may have bitten off more than it can chew when it reopened two shuttered casinos last summer. The property formerly known as Revel is being acquired by an outside…
The inspiration for Cleaning Up (ITV), a gritty new British drama, came from a sleek old American movie. Writer Mark Marlow was watching Oliver Stones 1987 classic Wall Street when he was snagged by the scene in which Charlie Sheens character has been given the task of finding some inside information for Gordon Gekko. Seeing…
Cleaning Up on ITV was written by newcomer Mark Marlow and directed by Broadchurch and Humans director, Lewis Arnold. Cleaning Up tells the story of Sam (played by Sheridan Smith), a mother of two who is in heavy debt and works as a cleaner in Londons Canary Wharf on a zero hour contract. Not only…
FILE – In this June, 15, 2015, file photo, Michael McStay, brother of the victims, and Susan Blake, their mother, arrive at court for the preliminary hearing for accused killer Chase Merritt in San Bernardino, Calif. Opening statements are expected Monday, Jan. 7, 2018, in the trial of Merritt for the murders of…
FILE – In this Nov. 20, 2013, file photo, people place crosses near the graves where the McStay family was found in Victorville, Calif. (James Quigg/The Victor Valley Daily Press via AP, File) Copyright 2019 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. FILE – In this…
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