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Michael Jordan's gambling explained: 'I love to bet'

Michael Jordan's famous competitiveness produced six NBA titles. It also generated juicy gambling tales, which include reported seven-figure losses.




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Alabama Resident Arrested and Charged with Bribery and Gambling Conspiracy

An indictment filed in the Northern District of Alabama and unsealed today charges Robert E. Taylor Jr., 41, of Warrior, Ala., with conspiring to bribe and bribing a public official in order to protect his interest in an illegal gambling business.



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Department of Justice Forfeits Nearly $7 Million in Proceeds of Unlawful Offshore Gambling and Money Laundering Following Guilty Plea by William Paul Scott

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a consent order of forfeiture today ordering the civil forfeiture of $6,976,924 traced to international money laundering of the proceeds from an offshore Internet gambling operation that illegally targeted U.S. residents.



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Alleged Members of Violent Loan Sharking and Illegal Gambling Organization Charged in Philadelphia

An indictment was unsealed today charging nine people in a loan sharking and illegal gambling ring allegedly run out of several Philadelphia businesses.



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Former South Pittsburg, Tenn., Mayor and Co-conspirator Plead Guilty to Conducting Illegal Gambling Business

A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and a co-conspirator pleaded guilty today in Chattanooga, Tenn., to conducting an illegal gambling business, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Kenneth Moore of the FBI’s Knoxville, Tenn., Field Office.



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Six Charged in Ohio with Operating an Illegal Gambling Business and Other Related Offenses

The Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today that Reece Powers II, the former co-owner of R&s Las Vegas Supply (RLVS), a gambling supplies store located in Dayton, Ohio, was charged with illegal gambling, tax fraud and obstruction-of-justice-related offenses in an eight-count indictment unsealed today.



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Former Tennessee Mayor and Associate Sentenced for Running Illegal Gambling Business

A former mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and an associate were sentenced today in Chattanooga, Tenn., for managing an illegal gambling business.



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Coronavirus: 'I'm being bombarded by gambling ads'

Gambling companies have halted TV and radio ads during lockdown - but not online ads.




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Secret emails expose the tricks by Betway to help its 'top losers' stay gambling

Ben Jones, 30, has been jailed for stealing £370,000 from his employer to fund his habit after chatty emails from Betway 'VIP manager' Simon Kent led him to stake £1million.




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West End star who played Sir Paul McCartney in hit show Let It Be reveals secret gambling 'shame'

James Fox, from west London, revealed that his addiction to online roulette was so overwhelming he'd hide his phone behind an amp while playing The Beatles singer so he could check bets on stage.




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Bankrupt Scotty T is SLAMMED for encouraging fans to quit their jobs and earn money from GAMBLING

Ex Geordie Shore star Scotty T has been slammed for encouraging fans to quit their jobs and earn more money from gambling, one month after being declared bankrupt.




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Sadiq Khan accused of hypocrisy for doubling tube ads for gambling companies 

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has been accused of hypocrisy after gambling ads on London Underground trains have doubled since a ban made on all junk food advertisements.




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Gambling addict mother says she's being 'bombarded' with online ads during lock-down

Recovering gambling addict Kelly Field, 36, from Merseyside, who spent £500 a day at her lowest point, told the BBC she feels she's being 'bombarded' with online ads for betting sites.




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'I'll take Marco Rubio with a 2-point spread': One Las Vegas lawmaker wants to legalize gambling on ELECTIONS

Democratic state senator Tick Segerblom says overseas odds makers are horning in on Sin City's action, so he's ready to open the door to congressional crap shoots and presidential parlays.




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Wayne Rooney admits he was sucked in by gambling when he was away with Manchester United and England

The 34-year-old, who made his debut for Derby this week, has described how he was 'sucked in' by initial success with gambling before ending up losing money and then 'chasing his bets'




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Wayne Rooney slammed by church for 'advertising' casino sponsor during video on gambling addiction

The former England captain played his first game for Championship side Derby County on Thursday as part of a £7.8million tie-up with Gibraltar-based betting firm 32Red.




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Gambling bosses refuse pay cuts over coronavirus

William Hill is benefiting to the tune of over £30m per month from the wage subsidy scheme and the business rates holiday, while Paddy Power is saving £400,000 per month in business rates.




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Hampshire bowler Chris Wood opens up on his gambling addiction in bid to help other athletes 

EXCLUSIVE BY LAWRENCE BOOTH: Chris Wood never quite considered killing himself, but he did wonder about the point of living. Cricketer by day, gambler by night.




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Is your fund manager gambling on companies he doesn't understand? 

Jeff Prestridge speaks to fund manager Kartik Kumar about his key role in overhauling the portfolio of Artemis Alpha, a £135million investment trust primarily invested in the UK stock market.




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Gambling addicts get bombarded with adverts for betting firms instead

Gambling addicts who searched for phone apps to help them quit have been bombarded by adverts for online casinos (stock image).




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Michael Jordan and The Last Dance: His gambling habits from $1.2m debt to $100,000 bets

Netflix and ESPN's brilliant 'The Last Dance' laid bare the extent of Michael Jordan's gambling habits in episode six over the weekend. It was centred around the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals.




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Wayne Rooney admits he was sucked in by gambling when he was away with Manchester United and England

The 34-year-old, who made his debut for Derby this week, has described how he was 'sucked in' by initial success with gambling before ending up losing money and then 'chasing his bets'




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Father loses 13-yr-old daughter in gambling, to marry her off to winner

The girl, a Class VIII student, stopped attending school after she got engaged.




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Gambling on ore: the nature of metal mining in the United States, 1860-1910 / Kent A. Curtis

Dewey Library - TN623.C87 2013




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Vicious games [electronic resource] : capitalism and gambling / Rebecca Cassidy.

London : Pluto Press, 2020.




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Youth gambling [electronic resource] : the hidden addiction / edited by Jeffrey Derevensky, Daniel T.L. Shek, and Joav Merrick




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El Dorado Gambling Casino on 8th Avenue