From buying a Lotto ticket to a work sweepstake on the Grand National, it’s not uncommon for many people to indulge in the odd bit of gambling. But a problem gambling habit can be bad for your finances. As today’s £7.8million fine for an online gambling firm showed, vulnerable gamblers can quickly rack up debts…
The gambling industry is using third-party companies to harvest peoples data, helping bookmakers and online casinos target people on low incomes and those who have stopped gambling, the Guardian can reveal. Traditional online gambling ads have become more expensive, which has encouraged betting firms to resort to alternative means to hook consumers. This led to…
Image copyright Getty Images For David Bradford, his gambling addiction had got as bad as it possibly could. The 57 year-old was in prison for fraud after stealing £50,000. His habit had cost his family their home and left them buried under £500,000 of debt. For 888.com, however, there was more to be had out…
Fatherhood gets an incisive examination in West of Sunshine, the short, sharp and rewarding feature debut of Australian writer-director Jason Raftopoulos. Set during one day in the life of a working-class Melbourne dad whos forced to cart his young son around town while scrambling to pay gambling debts to a loan shark, this compact piece…
Gambling is a favorite pastime of millions of people from different nationalities and this industry shows no sign of slowing down gambling venues in Las Vegas alone reportedly generated $25.2 billion revenue for the fiscal 2016. Some gamble for entertainment or as a means to pass the time, while others are in a dire need…
When the UK government found £1 billion to for Northern Ireland to secure Democratic Unionist parliamentary support, critics accused it of turning to the same magic money tree it had previously mocked others for believing in. But it may just be that the tree is flourishing in plain sight. UK national debt is currently issued…
A Canberra woman whose life was nearly ruined by an addiction to poker machines is calling on policy makers in Western Australia to continue to resist any change to the state’s pokie laws. Unlike in the eastern states,where pokies can be seen in just about every pub, bar and club while governments rake in billions…
A Canberra woman whose life was nearly ruined by an addiction to poker machines is calling on policy makers in Western Australia to continue to resist any change to the state’s pokie laws. Unlike in the eastern states,where pokies can be seen in just about every pub, bar and club while governments rake in billions from…
A Canberra woman whose life was nearly ruined by an addiction to poker machines is calling on policy makers in Western Australia to continue to resist any change to the state’s pokie laws. Unlike in the eastern states,where pokies can be seen in just about every pub, bar and club while governments rake in billions…
Neal Simpson The Patriot Ledger @nsimpson_ledger BOSTON – Three men accused of helping run an illegal gambling operation have been charged with kidnapping a man in Quincy last year to try to get him to repay nearly $40,000 in gambling debts. Vinh Huynh and Kim Nguyen of Dorchester, and Quang Le, of Rockland, were…