Gambler sues bookies for Â£2m
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A gambling addict suing a bookmaker for allowing him to bet has his case heard in the High Court.
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The Ryder Cup has attracted an avalanche of betting in Britain and Ireland with one punter wagering a staggering 347,000 pounds (660,000 dollars) for a US win over Europe.
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Lotto operator Camelot searches for winning tickets, as millions of pounds in prize money remains unclaimed.
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As reported by This is London: "New London casinos could pay out slot machine jackpots of up to 2.5 million, it emerged today.
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Six years of betting on the same lottery numbers has finally paid off for a Malaysian businessman who won 2 million ringgit (285,000 pounds).
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General Reinsurance, owned by billionaire Warren Buffett, is fined Â£1.2m by the FSA for writing two bogus deals.
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A businessman wins an appeal against a High Court ruling to pay back Â£2m he lost in one night.
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Business & money: The founder of Britain's largest private insurance firm, Towergate, could make Â£2bn after it emerged that his company has received bid approaches.
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Philadelphia 76ers star Allen Iverson is being sued for $2.4 million amid claims he helped hire a security team accused of attacking four people at a Hampton nightclub last year.
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Football shirt sponsorship deals with gambling firms may be under threat from a probe by the Gambling Commission.
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Boxing promoter Don King filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit Wednesday, claiming he was portrayed in a false light on an ESPN "SportsCentury" segment aired last May.
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Flyers center Jeremy Roenick paid more than $100,000 to a Florida firm that made millions selling betting tips to gamblers, law enforcement officials told The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has sued a second US insurer for allegedly rigging the insurance market to fatten its profits.
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Gambling irregularities that surfaced involving a match Nikolay Davydenko played this summer has put him in the middle of an investigation by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
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A compulsive gambler is suing a betting chain for two million pounds in losses he racked up despite asking the firm to bar him, he said Thursday.
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LONDON : Three gamblers who used a James Bond-style laser device to win over a million pounds (euros/dollars) at a London hotel casino will not face prosecution, as they did nothing illegal, police said Sunday.
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Rolling the dice at a craps table or wagering a paycheck playing poker may not be the most rational use of money, but one casino operator is hoping investors will find its stock a better bet.