A former gambler owed, at his lowest point, a sum of $60,000 to 18 licensed moneylenders in 2012. Enticed by the thrill of online football betting and casinos, the sales manager, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ang, borrowed from multiple registered moneylenders to feed his gambling habit as well as to cover…
High rollers spent more money than expected at Resorts World Sentosa, helping drive strong earnings and profits in the third quarter for Genting Singapore. Resorts World Sentosa saw profits surge in the third quarter thanks largely to improvement in VIP spending. (Image: Meinhardt) Quarterly profits rose 35 percent year-over-year for the operator, thanks largely to…
It is 4.30am on a Saturday and Raja*, 35, is sprawled on the Marina Bay Waterfront Promenade in Singapore, watching a YouTube clip on his mobile phone. Hes had a long night and theres still some time to go the migrant worker from Chennai in India is waiting for subway services to begin so he…
DEAR DEIDRE: MY sex life with my girlfriend has taken a massive nosedive. But Im not sure whether its down to her having our baby or my gambling addiction. Our lives have changed so much in the past six months. Im 30 and my girlfriend is 31. Our baby is four months old. Getty –…
A sales manager at an estate agency has been branded as thoroughly dishonest after he pretended to rent out homes which clients were trying to sell. Andrew Boyne demanded holding fees and advance rent for the houses after taking the keys from the office where he worked in Exeter. A family were left homeless after…
A Nottingham campaigner and former gambling addict has welcomed news that the Government will be getting tougher on fixed-odds betting terminals. The high-stake, high-speed electronic games found in casinos and betting shops allow a stake of up to £100 every 20 seconds and have been called the crack cocaine of gambling. But ministers are now…
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) – Police in Anchorage are asking for help from the public in identifying a man who threatened a couple with a handgun. According to a release issued by the Anchorage Police Department, two unidentified men went to a home on the 4800 block of Snow Circle on Saturday “in an attempt to collect…
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest has savaged the gambling industry and its impact on families while calling for a shake up of GST distribution. Mr Forrest said pokies revenue collected by the states should be included in calculations to determine GST allocations in the same way as mining royalties. He said the existing GST carve-up encouraged…
Maybe its a West Australian thing, but Richard Goyder cant help but shake his head and chuckle when chatting about his elevation to the most powerful position in Australian sport. At the kitchen table of his beautifully renovated Toodyay homestead, relaxed in a blue Sloppy Joe, grubby work jeans and thick socks any country boy…
An IT worker who defrauded Dundee City Council out of more than £1 million will have to sell his house to pay off part of his debt to the local authority. A confiscation order against Mark Conway, 52, was granted at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday. Conway was imprisoned for more than five…