Money Addiction Information
Bank worker accused of taking nearly RM550,000 to pay off gambling debts (The Star) JOHOR BARU: He is a bank chief cashier who bets heavily, buying 4D lottery tickets up to RM30,000 per week. While he has won up to RM50,000 in prize money in the past, the 48-year-old bank employee?s pay cheque was not enough to sustain his ?gambling addiction?.
Former Sask civil servant with gambling addiction jailed 15 months for fraud (Times & Transcript) rolling former civil servant is going from a casino floor to a jail cell after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Saskatchewan government to feed her gambling addiction.
Carlos Garnett (All About Jazz) ?Down & Up Again,? an original outing on ?Giant Steps? changes from Carlos Garnett's Under Nubian Skies , is as apt a description of the fiery saxophonist's life as it is a testament to the new found heights of his artistry following a two-decade absence, during which he suffered in the depths of depression and drug addiction.
Former Sask civil servant with gambling addiction jailed 15 months for fraud (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) REGINA - A high-rolling former civil servant is going from a casino floor to a jail cell after stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Saskatchewan government to feed her gambling addiction.
One woman's year of addiction (The Leaf Chronicle) Getting ready for a night on the town, a woman who was 24 years old and a group of her friends decided to try a drug they thought would help them enjoy a club party.
Limbaugh goes against grain, again (Chicago Tribune) Obstacles that should have derailed him by now -- the occasional ill-chosen statement and subsequent controversies, the drug addiction and run-in with the law -- instead have only added to his legend.
Challenges of $600-a-Session Patients (New York Times) Wealthy patients, used to getting what they want, can present countless challenges for their therapists.
Ex-civil servant sentenced for defrauding Sask. gov't (CTV.ca) A former Saskatchewan civil servant has been sentenced to 15 months in jail for stealing money from the government to feed her gambling addiction.
Group gets grant to fight abuse (The Olympian) Together, a Thurston County group that focuses on preventing substance abuse among youths, is one of the first organizations in the state to get money for an anti-prescription-drug-abuse education campaign from a state settlement.
Challenges of $600-a-session patients (International Herald Tribune) Wealthy patients in the United States, used to getting what they want, can present countless challenges for their therapists.
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