by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: CNN News, “Gambling Addiction as Real as Alcoholism.” June 18, 1999. Millions of people like to gamble, whether it be casino-style games or lotteries. For some gambling is an addiction, a sickness just like alcoholism or cancer, that can destroy...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: CBC News, “Suicide Prompts Loto-Quebec to Delay New Casino Announcement.” April 4th 2008. Mont-Tremblant casino shouldn’t go ahead at all: activist Loto-Québec cancelled plans to announce it was building a new casino Friday because the body...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: Business Week, Feb. 14,2008 A gambling addict is suing a British betting chain after he lost millions of dollars on bets, despite asking to have his account closed, his lawyers said Wednesday. Graham Calvert, a 28-year-old greyhound trainer, twice asked...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: The Maui News, “Gambling Debts Over Internet Tied to Thefts.” Feb. 17, 2008. A former Foot Locker employee was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution for taking the company’s money to cover his Internet...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Jon Burstein; November 21, 2008. For two decades, she worked for the state helping Florida’s neediest. Colleagues considered her a mother figure. Bosses respected her. She got promotions. No one noticed when Department of...
