Saudi Sheikh is locked in a feud with exclusive Mayfair casino over ‘£2 million gambling debt’

Sheikh Salah Hamdan Al Balawi is accused of failing to settle what the Les Ambassadeurs Club, off Park Lane, has claimed is a £2 million debt A Saudi Sheikh estimated to have assets of more than £100 million is locked in a alleged gambling debt dispute with an exclusive London casino which featured in the … Read more

Asia’s ‘King of Gambling’ billionaire dies at the age of 98

Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in Macau and became one of Asia’s richest men, has died at the age of 98, his family said on Tuesday.  Known as the ‘godfather’ of Macau’s casinos, Ho was instrumental in turning the semi-autonomous city from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s … Read more

Asia’s ‘King of Gambling’ dies at the age of 98

Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in Macau becoming one of Asia’s richest men, has died at the age of 98, his family said on Tuesday.  Known as the ‘godfather’ of Macau’s casinos, Ho was instrumental in turning the semi-autonomous city from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s biggest … Read more

Gambling bosses refuse pay cuts over coronavirus

Bosses of two of Britain’s biggest gambling companies refuse to take pay cuts despite using taxpayer money to prop up their businesses By Tom Witherow For The Daily Mail Published: 22:10 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 22:10 BST, 4 May 2020 The bosses of two of Britain’s biggest gambling companies have refused to take … Read more

Michael Jordan insists he never had a gambling addiction

Michael Jordan‘s controversial history with gambling was laid bare in the latest episode of The Last Dance where the basketball legend reiterated he was addicted to competition – not placing bets.   The ESPN docuseries aired its sixth episode on Sunday laying out Jordan’s questionable stints with gambling, but the NBA star insists he ‘didn’t do … Read more

Britain’s biggest gambling firms will stop all TV and radio advertising in coronavirus lockdown

Britain’s largest gambling firms will remove all TV and radio advertising for games and products during the coronavirus lockdown, the industry body said today. Existing TV and radio advertising slots are now due to be replaced by safer gambling messages, donated to charities or removed from broadcast for at least six weeks.  It comes a … Read more