Month: March 2015
The latest wagering software firm to be granted a remote gambling license from the UK Gambling Commission is Metric Gaming LLC. This will enable the provider to continue its operations in the UK online gambling industry. After the shakeup in the country’s regulation system, Metric Gaming had to obtain a UK Gambling Commission license. November […]
Last year an estimate of £12 million was lost to addictive gambling in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The Star reported that the money was lost to fixed-odds betting terminals, which are high stakes gambling machines where people can put stakes of £100 on a single spin. In Sheffield alone there are about 299 machines which […]
This week in Sports History 1988 –Mike Tyson KOs Tony Tubbs in 2 for heavyweight boxing title 1911- National Squash Tennis Association forms (NYC) What’s happening in Sports this weekend Friday 20 Cricket ICC World Cup quarter-finals, Australia vs Pakistan Tennis Wta BNP Paribas Open Qf 4 – Sabine Lisicki v Flavia Pennetta Tennis TP World […]
In his final budget speech before the elections, George Osborne the British Conservatory Party politician said that companies that move their profits overseas, and thus evade tax, will be subject to a “diverted profit tax”. Commencing in April, “Google Tax” will discourage large companies who divert profits out of the UK to avoid tax. This […]
Finance officer of Pembroke College in Cambridge, Jacqueline Balaam, misused her position to steal more than £285,000 form the college. Her addiction to online gambling led the 41 years old from Fallowfield to steal and be jailed for 30 months. Balaam made bets of more than £6 million over an eight year period. Balaam used […]
This week in Sports History: 1872 – 1st FA Cup Final: Wanderers-Royal Engineers 1-0 in Bolton 1877 – Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets’ 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng 1951 – Pat O’Sullivan wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship 1892 – 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town) What happened this weekend: Formula 1 Australian GP: Lewis Hamilton wins […]
A wife and gambling addict of an Omani politician is suing the Ritz Casino after she lost a whopping £2million on the Ritz’s card tables. 50 year old Muscat resident, Nora Al-Daher lost all her millions in the game Punto Banco, in the exclusive London’s club in just a few hours in April 2012. Now, […]
Julian Kremer, a bookkeeper at Richard Worth in Workingham between 2008 and 2013 stole almost £2m from his estate agency to pay for his gambling. By forging emails from the bank to inflate the balance of his accounts, the 49-year old stayed in hotels, purchased a patch of land in Scotland, all whilst creaming off […]
Mihai Lacatos, a Romanian national has been cheating casinos across the country out of tens of thousands of pounds. Mihai would sit at casino tables for hours deftly by making the marks in the cards and managed to swindle the Playboy Club in Mayfair, London out of £43,400 in less than one week. Mihai is […]
Betway, one of the very best online Sports Betting Casinos, gaming and Poker sites recently announced that they have secured a number of major UK racing partnerships to add to their Champion chase deal. Betway was launched in 2006 with aspirations of offering top-notch entertainment in a number of sports. They offer sports betting, casino […]