Last night saw the conclusion of the UK and Ireland Poker Tour’s first stop of the season in Galway, Ireland. The poker tournament was postponed on Thursday until Friday to allow players more opportunity to travel and make it to the tournament because of heavy snow and terrible weather conditions in the country. Despite the [...]
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Store Manager Stole Lottery Cash
A shamed store manager who squandered bogus lottery refunds to feed her own gambling habit has escaped being sent to prison. Kezia Hopkinson, 27, from Priest Road,Swanage, admitted the theft of £20,576 from WHSmith PLC while she was running their premises at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Prosecuting at Bournemouth Crown Court, Carolyn Branford-Wood said an [...]
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- December 6th, 2010 by Peter
Bingo Hall Raises Money for Charity
A bingo hall in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, is celebrating after raising over £1,800 for a cancer charity. The sum is much more than the £1,000 target that had been set by the bingo club and now Marie Curie Cancer Care will benefit as a result, the Ellesmere Port Pioneer reports. var uri = ‘http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(js)g(16587212)a(1693423)’ + [...]
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- December 3rd, 2010 by Peter
Bookies to Pay More for Showing Foreign Racing
Racing claimed a measure of success in its battle with the betting industry over the next levy scheme, after the Levy Board’s three government-appointed members recommended that bookies should pay levy on bets placed on foreign racing and that the “threshold” system, designed to benefit smaller betting shop operators, should be abolished. However, their report [...]
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- December 3rd, 2010 by Peter
