Barclays has become the first high street bank to allow customers to block payments with certain types of retailers in an effort to give people struggling with addictions more control over their spending. The feature will be available from Tuesday for customers using the banks mobile app and could help those dealing with gambling problems…
A MAN who used a stolen credit card for gambling thought methylamphetamine would assist him with analysing the bets. Adam Noel Baker racked up $18,384 in debt on the stolen credit card by gambling and taking out cash advances. Baker pleaded guilty to 31 counts of gains benefit by fraud, home burglary and commit, two…
OTTAWABrampton East MP Raj Grewal said Friday night that he might not actually resign seat, despite admitting to a gambling addiction that drove him to borrow money from family and friends and prompted him to announce he would step down just last week. The 33-year-old MP at the centre of a rolling controversy about reported…
OTTAWA Liberal MP Raj Grewal says he has repaid his sizable gambling debts and is now reconsidering his hasty decision to quit politics. In a statement posted to his Facebook page late Friday, Grewal ended several days of silence, saying Canadians deserve to know the details of his personal troubles. Grewals sudden decision to step…
Video frame grab of Raj Grewal. Raj Grewal, the Liberal MP whose frequent, high-stakes gambling at an Ottawa-area casino triggered a police investigation, broke his week-long silence on Friday evening, saying he accumulated millions of dollars in debt, all of which has been paid back and can be traced. In an 11-minute video statement, Mr.…
1820796 / Pixabay Gionee, a little-known smartphone maker in China, is on the verge of bankruptcy, and if media reports are to be believed, the chairmans gambling habit may have played a role in pushing the company towardbankruptcy. Gionee chairman admits to gambling The Chinese-language website Jiemian claimed recently that Gionee Chairman and founder Liu…
WASHINGTON Good news for kids in debt: the average parent would hand over $5,700 to help his child, without expecting to be paid back, according to a new CreditCards.com report. The amount bounces up to nearly $8,000 if the parents will be reimbursed. And 90 percent of parents said they would give their kids something…
Liberal MP Raj Grewal told a party official last week that he had a gambling problem and had accumulated debt of more than $1-million, a source said. Mr. Grewal held discussions last Wednesday with Liberal MP Mark Holland in which Mr. Grewal admitted he faced serious financial problems. Mr. Holland, who is the Chief Government…
Professional and collegiate sports have historically feared one practice most heavily over anything else: gambling. The threat has been that if an athlete, official or coach became ensconced in major gambling debt, they might accept a bribe from a gambler to alter their performance. Fan confidence in Professional and collegiate sports have historically feared onedanger…
Gionee is on the verge of bankruptcy after owing money to financial institutions, suppliers, and advertising and marketing agencies. The total debt is around CNY17 billion (about $2.45 billion), not without the handy help of its chairman Liu Lirong, who lost CNY1 billion while gambling in a casino. In a meeting between company representatives and…