Getty Images When it comes to the potential practical consequences of putting a professional football team in Las Vegas, the NFL isnt completely ignoring the situation. It seems, however, that not nearly enough people are taking the situation as seriously as they should. Per a source with knowledge of the situation, some are indeed sounding…
A day after signing a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in New York last year, former Dean Foods Co. chairman Tom C. Davis went to Las Vegas to party. Davis is the governments star witness at the insider-trading trial of gambler Billy Walters. Walterss lawyer, Barry Berke, has spent more than a day grilling Davis, depicting him as…
TONIGHTS episode of On Benefits & 40 Grand In Debt sees an unemployed dad-of-three with £30,000 of debt decide whether or not coming off benefits is worthwhile. David, 29, from Hartlepool and girlfriend Rebecca have £30,000 worth of loans and bills to pay off, but half of their Job Seekers Allowance goes on paying off…
Wednesday, March 22, 2017 A recent ruling by U.S. District Court Magistrate George Foley, Jr. serves as a reminder the get it in writing tends to be good advice. The case involves a casinos attempt to enforce a $3 million gaming debt incurred by one of its patrons. This patron executed a credit agreement but…
They were friends for more than 20 years, bonding over sports, golf, gambling and business. But now, former Dean Foods Co. chairman Tom C. Davis is telling a Manhattan jury a story that could send his former pal, Las Vegas gambler Billy Walters, to prison for almost a decade. Davis, 68, took the stand Tuesday and…
Case Presentation A 30-year-old woman with a history of severe depression comes to the clinic with her family because of concerns about recent frequent gambling. The patient also mentions that she has severe credit card debt because of recent frequent online and outlet mall shopping binges. Before this year, she had not previously gambled. She…
Irish law states very clearly that gambling debts cannot be enforced. The rule applies not just to gamblers seeking payment, but also to casinos, bookies and online gambling services seeking to collect debts. This was reinforced in a judgment at the Circuit Civil Court on Monday in which a casino was not compelled to pay…
Irelands gamblers have no guarantee on collecting gambling winnings they believe theyre owed, according to a new court ruling. On Monday, Judge Francis Comerford issued a ruling that plaintiff Sayed Mirwais couldnt collect on 11,713 hed won playing an automated roulette machine at D1 Casino Club, a private members gambling venue in Dublin, in the…
BOSTON Like a character out of The Sopranos, a Newton man, who led a large bookmaking business that made hundreds of thousands of dollars through bets, threats and extortion, was sentenced to seven years in federal prison today for extortion and illegal gambling, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. U.S. District Court Judge Denise J.…
CRANBROOK, B.C. A woman accused of counselling her husband to commit suicide has been acquitted by a provincial court judge in Cranbrook, B.C. Terri Reimer wept Thursday as Judge Ron Webb ruled there was reasonable doubt the defendant encouraged Bill Reimer to try to take his life on March 22, 2016. Court was told Bill Reimer had already consumed…