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Gambler cashes in £91,000 prize after betting an eye-watering £55,000 of his inheritance on Liverpool winning the Premier League in back in October Tony Ward, 53, bet his £55,000 inheritance on Liverpool to win the league title The Manchester City fan waited until June 25 to confirm his win because of the lockdown Father-of-three Tony … Read more
Online sports betting has become a ‘public health issue’ that is driving young men into huge debt, getting them blacklisted by payday loans and ruining their family lives, new study claims New study from the University of Bath interview young men who bet on sports Subjects kept a 30-day diary of all their sports bets … Read more
Online sports betting has become a ‘public health issue’ that is driving young men into huge debt, getting them blacklisted by payday loans and ruining their family lives, new study claims New study from the University of Bath interview young men who bet on sports Subjects kept a 30-day diary of all their sports bets … Read more
Brexiteer Crispin Odey makes £75m by betting against failed shopping mall owner Intu Odey had held a short position in Intu since at least 2012 Intu collapsed after it was unable to persuade its lenders to grant a debt repayment holiday By Ben Harrington And Neil Craven, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 27 … Read more
Cash lost to betting machines fell by nearly HALF last year – following the introduction of a £2 maximum stake Players used to be able to bet up to £300 per minute on the machines The latest figures, released by the Gambling Commission, shows the scale of the victory achieved by the Daily Mail, which … Read more
The gambling giant accused of using a ‘blatant’ legal loophole to dodge a £3.5million fine for their role in a young man’s suicide performed a dramatic U-turn this morning. Chris Bruney, from Sheffield, took his own life hours after being plied with £400 of bonuses by staff at online casino Winner.co.uk, which is owned by … Read more
MPs’ fury as betting giant dodges £3.5million fine for death of addict who was given a £400 ‘bonus’ just hours before taking his own life Chris Bruney, 25, took his own life hours after being plied with £400 of bonuses He lost £119,000 in the five days before his death but was still allowed to … Read more
The death of 25-year-old Chris Bruney, an electrical engineer with a good career and his whole life ahead of him, will seem inexplicable to many people. How could this intelligent and hard-working man, with a loving and supportive family, become so hopelessly in debt through gambling that he felt he had no option but to … Read more
Dumb abd dumber: Betting shop staff recognised armed robbery twins thanks to ill-fitting balaclava that revealed one as a regular who had placed a bet that day Ben and Luke Twyman carried out an armed robbery on a bookie in Ramsgate The pair, both 30, made off with hundreds of pounds before going down the … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday blamed ‘rich guys’ playing the market for the up and down swings among stocks as the U.S. economy struggles to right itself in the wake of the coronavirus. ‘When the so-called ‘rich guys’ speak negatively about the market, you must always remember that some are betting big against it, and … Read more