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A painter and decorator who won the lottery has found out that money can’t buy him everything. Willie Sibbald last week won £7 million in the national lottery, but was still turned away from a pub that he had previously been thrown out of for drunken behaviour. The 48-year-old from Edinburgh went to The Grapes… Read more »

It is often loudly speculated by anti-gambling campaigners that increasing access to online casinos makes problem gamblers. However, recent research released this week has suggested that there is actually no evidence that this is the case. Research conducted by Harvard Medical School’s Division on Addiction has found no evidence that online casinos create more problem… Read more »

There has been a massive growth in the usage of mobile gambling this year. Indeed, for the first time, mobile platforms have overtaken desktops in their total internet usage in America, and this trend, moreover, is likely to be repeated worldwide, reports the Daily Mirror. In America, 55% of all internet use is via mobile… Read more »

The boss of bookmaker Ladbrokes has been given shares worth £1 million only days after the gambling firm reported a slump of 50 per cent in their profits. Richard Glynn is to receive 759,958 shares, which are worth approximately £1,028,223 (according to share prices on Wednesday.) This bonus came only days after Ladbrokes said that profits… Read more »

The British bookmaker, William Hill, has begun a new partnership with Premier League football team, Aston Villa, as well as the British broadcaster, BT Sport. The terms of the deal with Aston Villa are undisclosed, but it is believed that, William Hill’s online division will become the football team’s official betting partner in the UK… Read more »

Revel Casino which is due to close in the coming weeks has had another stroke of bad luck, with the casino losing more than $20,000 in cash, reports the Press of Atlantic City. Indeed, in early August, more than $20,000 cash was lost after an armoured vehicle that collected money from the casino left one… Read more »

The star of the hit TV show Benefits Street, White Dee, is one of the favourites to win this year’s Celebrity Big Brother, just behind Kelly Maloney, according to bookmaker odds. The prize money up-for-grabs is £100,000, which is the equivalent of £4,545 a day. White Dee has previously complained that she was “too depressed… Read more »

Despite Prime Minister, David Cameron, clamping down on fixed odds betting terminals, Labour campaigners have criticised him for doing “too little, too late”. The Prime Minister has written a letter to the betting industry that declares his plan to put a cap of £250 on punters’ losses, as well as a thirty minutes time-limit on… Read more »

A millionaire who spent £2 million at the Ritz’s casino and then sued them has been slammed by the High Court judge. As Two Little Fleas reported in July, Nora Al-Daher spent the money in a matter of hours at the exclusive casino club in London’s hotel. According to the High Court judge, this “staggering”… Read more »

A recent call for the amount of betting shops and payday loans may be the death of the high street in Britain, argue council chiefs. A change in planning rules which is designed to rid high streets of undesirable shops may result in town centres being swamped instead by banks, building societies, accountants, lawyers and… Read more »