The Guardian
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MLB embraced betting. Now it’s smeared with gambling’s grubby underbelly
Like every other US sports league, baseball pushes betting on its fans at every turn. Now its biggest star is associated with a gambling fiasco...
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Legal March Madness gambling generates $2.7bn - and plenty of abuse for players
There will be more money riding on the NCAA Tournament than ever before in 2024. But with higher stakes comes more pressure on the athletes March...
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MLB star Shohei Ohtani’s translator fired after allegations of ‘massive theft’
Ippei Mizuhara admits to have run up gambling debts Ohtani is world’s most famous baseball player The interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, the...
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Masters of spin – how slot machine operators are taking over UK high streets
With concern focused on online casinos, the firms who run ‘adult gaming centres’ have been expanding fast – and glad-handing dozens of MPs In the...
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‘Sneaky’ social media ads are luring young into gambling, say campaigners
Call for stricter rules for betting firms to stop use of promotions with references to popular culture that appeal to under-18s Tougher rules are...
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National Lottery operator had borrowed millions from Kremlin-owned banks
Exclusive : Syndicate agreed to lend up to €640m to Allwyn in 2020, two years before contract awarded The company behind the national lottery...
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Worth its weight in gold: how to make a killing predicting the Oscars
The TV audience may be in decline, but a passionate community of amateurs has been monitoring every tremor of buzz long before the ceremony Jason...
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Two-thirds of Super Bowl bets were illegal as black market thrives, report says
About 228m bets placed on Super Bowl LVIII were on illegal platforms despite legalization, according to a new analysis This month’s Super Bowl ,...
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Online slot machine stakes to be capped at £5 in Great Britain
Maximum will be £2 for younger adults but campaigners say government has not gone far enough The amount that can be staked on the spin of an...
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UK online gambling operators braced for £2 stake limit on digital slot machines
Government-imposed maximum to be announced on Friday could cost companies hundreds of millions in revenue The gambling industry is braced for...
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‘It changed my life’: how a UK charity is helping female gambling addicts
For women put off by male-dominated Gamblers Anonymous meetings, a treatment centre in Wolverhampton offers a lifeline At the height of her...
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Mornington Peninsula hotel owner forced to sell business after gambling watchdog finds payout error cover-up by staff
Owner of Rye hotel hit with $80,000 fine and required to sell business after staff falsified records to cover up an erroneous cash payout...
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Man sues Powerball lottery after being told his apparent $340m win was error
Game’s administrators said their website only showed John Cheeks’s numbers as the winning combination by mistake A man who thought he had won a...
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MPs seek assurances that new national lottery operator will increase donations
Concerns also raised about Allwyn’s commitments to safer gambling and its ownership structure MPs have demanded assurances from the gambling...
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As gambling addiction rates rise, keep an eye on grandma this Super Bowl | Edith Langford
Seniors with gambling addictions are often boomers who have attained the American dream and then lost I have been a psychotherapist for 40 years...