by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Detroit, Michigan In January of 2000, an off-duty police officer pulled his gun in a Detroit casino. He was not chasing after a bad guy or helping someone in danger. He pulled his gun and took his own life – right on the casino floor. Solomon Bell had lost between...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: Times Online, Simon de Bruxelles, May 28, 2008. A solicitor’s wife who stole nearly £80,000 from her husband’s law firm to spend up to £500 a night on bingo-hall fruit machines has been jailed for ten months. Susanne Orton, 63, was a conveyancing...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: The BBC, “Roulette Habit was Destroying Me.” May 23,2006 Sam is a single mother with a problem. It’s a problem that has dominated her life for over a decade. She is an addict, but she is not hooked on crack cocaine or heroin. Her need,...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: The Gazette staff When former Westfall Schools treasurer Scott Glandon was sentenced to three years in prison Wednesday and ordered to pay more than $20,000 in restitution for theft while in office, he inadvertently helped shine a spotlight on an even bigger...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: The Kansas City Star, “Gambling Scandals Involving Major Sports Leagues.” Feb. 9,2008 Phoenix Coyotes assistant coach and former player Rick Tocchet was accused in 2006 of financing a nationwide gambling ring. Tocchet was sentenced last August to...
