by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Farmington Hills, Michigan Days before he killed his family and then himself, a Michigan man endured heavy gambling losses at a Vegas casino, despite already being in severe financial straits, a Michigan police chief said. Two days after the Nov. 19 losses, J. H....
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: The Miami Herald Boxing champ and disgraced casino worker Ada Velez was sentenced Thursday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty last month to grand theft. The 37-year-old single mother was busted for giving away more than $100,000 worth of free play...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: THE CANADIAN PRESS, May 16, 2008 TROIS-RIVIERES, QUE. — An elderly compulsive gambler alleged to have demolished six video lottery terminals with an axe has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he is fit to stand trial. His...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: Fox News, September 18, 2007 A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday. The 30-year-old man fainted at a cybercafe in the city of Guangzhou on Saturday afternoon after he had...
by co119admin | Jul 23, 2018 | Gambling Ruins Lives
Source: NewsDay.com, July 8, 2008 MAYS LANDING, N.J. – A couple has admitted that they went on a million-dollar Atlantic City gambling spree with money the woman had stolen from her employer. New Jersey prosecutors say Jamine Alabre faces about six years in...