Archives for June 2008
Gambling official most wanted
The Ministry of Public Security has issued a warrant for its most-wanted government official who is accused of gambling away more than 3 million yuan (US$365,854) in public money at a foreign casino.
Cai Haowen, a former transport official in Yanbian City, Northeast China’s Jilin Province, fled abroad Nov. 19 last year after allegedly losing 3.51 […]
China: Cops wage high stakes battle on gambling
Gamblers will remain under a police hammer in the next five months, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday in Beijing.
The central government has set up a special team to deal with the problem across the nation, with the issue regarded as a cradle of corruption.
Officials from such departments as foreign affairs, tourism, education, customs, […]
Wanted gambler captured on train
Cai Haowen, who is on a A-level wanted list of the Ministry of Public Security for gambling away a large sum of public money, was captured in a train, the Jilin provincial department of public security announced Sunday.
“Cai is now on the way back to Jilin,” said an official with the department who […]
Thais install cameras to curb gambling trips
Bangkok: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered that video cameras be installed at border crossings to discourage gamblers from playing in neighbouring countries during the New Year holidays, a news report said yesterday.
“Beware! You may lose your money out there, and even if you win and bring back a lot of money, your cash […]
New York City: Beavers use stolen money to build dam
Stolen banknotes dumped in a US creek were found by beavers and weaved into their dam. Thousands of dollars were stolen from a casino in Greensburg, Louisiana, and thrown into a creek, reports the Advocate. Police said beavers tore open a money bags and wove the bills into the sticks and brush of their dam. […]
Thai Princess arrested for crossing border to gamble
Bangkok: A glass slipper turned into a pumpkin for a royal Thai princess, when her luck turned sour after a gambling-fix led her to flout migration laws, The Nation newspaper reported yesterday. The report said Princess Bhanuma Yugala, daughter of the late Prince Bhanubhandu Yugala, was arrested and fined for crossing the border illegally to […]
Lost and found
Australia: A 24-year-old British tourist missing for over a week was found yesterday on the Central Coast.
Francis Mary Embleton, 24, of London, contacted police this morning and appeared at Gosford Police Station.
She has been granted a temporary bridging visa and there will be no further police action, a NSW Police statement said.
Embleton had last been […]
Arnie wages war against Indian casinos
SAN FRANCISCO: California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a warning for state voters: “The Indians are ripping us off.”
Schwarzenegger has taken up the line to convince them to reject a tribe-backed initiative on the Nov. 2 ballot that would allow rapid expansion of American Indian casinos in the nation’s most populous state and derail the governor’s […]
Monarch tries his luck at poker on Internet
After losing his grip on the government and the army and living with the threat of losing his crown, Nepal’s King Gyanendra (pictured) has turned to a new avenue for solace – online gambling, a report said.
The 60-year-old monarch, whose gamble to follow in the footsteps of his father and revive the era of […]
New Jersey governor ends weeklong govt shutdown
Governor Jon S. Corzine issued an executive order early yesterday that ended a weeklong state government shutdown, bringing slot machine bells noisily to life as Atlantic City casinos reopened.
The governor acted minutes after lawmakers approved a $30.9 billion state budget that increases the state sales tax, ending the stalemate.
“I now feel comfortable we can begin […]