Crook accountant bled hospital dry (Adelaide Now)

AN accountant who funded a gambling addiction by stealing nearly $500,000 from a Hills hospital has been jailed for at least two years.

Tough love's fatal attraction (Asia Times)

One of the most popular programs on the American A&E cable television network is called Intervention , or as I like to call it, the Super Bawl. Every week a person with a different type of addiction, be it with narcotics, alcohol, gambling, shopping, chicken nuggets, blogging, whatever, is featured on the show.

Addicted gambler sues for $10 million (Montreal Gazette)

Quebec Finance Minister Monique Jérôme-Forget brushed off a $10-million lawsuit yesterday against Loto-Québec filed by a woman who claims she lost tens of thousands of dollars at the Lac Leamy casino in Gatineau, which is operated by Loto-Québec. The case is scheduled for a mid-October trial. Jérôme-Forget said Loto-Québec is doing "a lot" to help gamblers deal with their addiction. "Are we ...

Woman gets year in prison for violating probation (Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)

A Wood County circuit court judge revoked a 46-year-old Auburndale womans probation after she was recently convicted of stealing money from St. Vincent de Paul. Brittany L. Borchardt was given credit for 48 days already served and placed on 2 1/2 years of extended supervision. On Aug. 7, Judge Edward Zappen Jr. also ordered her to pay $3,800 and continue counseling for a gambling addiction. On ...

Gambler who lost all sues Loto-Québec (Ottawa Citizen)

After her husband died in 1996, Val-des-Bois lawyer Clotilde Bérubé started gambling at the Casino du Lac Leamy to ease her suffering and ended up losing everything — her job, her house, her family and even her friends.