Day: 12 July 2019

A doctor’s surgery manager has faced a jail sentence for more than three years after misappropriating an amount of almost £700,000 of the National Health Service (NHS) to fuel her gambling addiction. The 44-year-old problem gambler Karen Evans falsified patient records to steal cash which was intended for staff wages, medication and medical supplies and redirect the money to her two bank accounts for a period of 15 months. Then, she spent some of the money to pay her hills, going on holiday, and beauty and hair treatments, but most…

Irish TDs have been negotiating a proposal to ban local bookmakers from allowing players to place bets on so-called “lottery-type games”. According to claims, such games could drain about €110 million every year from the Good Causes funded by the National Lottery. Reportedly, the number of people, who prefer playing these “lottery experience” type games in retail bookmakers’ shops and online, has been on the rise over the last few years. This has been the reason why some Oireachtas Justice Committee TDs, where the new gambling legislation has been for…