Gambling News by House of Odds

AN EX-ACCOUNTS assistant of a shipbuilding company was jailed for 38 months on Tuesday for forging company cheques amounting to about $230,000.She used the money to feed her gambling addiction and for personal expenses. (Straits Times)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A former Woodburn clerk-treasurer who said he stole nearly $300,000 from the city to fuel a Gambling Addiction was sentenced to four years in state prison Monday.NE Ind. official sentenced for forgery (The Indianapolis Star)

FORT WAYNE, Ind.- A former clerk-treasurer who says he stole nearly $300,000 from the city of Woodburn to fuel a gambling addiction has been sentenced to four years in state prison.Fmr. Clerk Treasurer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison (WISH-TV Indianapolis)

A former clerk-treasurer who says he stole nearly $300,000 from the city of Woodburn to fuel a Gambling Addiction has been sentenced to four years in state prison.Woodburn Thief Sentenced (WANE-TV Fort Wayne)

A tearful former city official confessed his battle against a gambling addiction before he was sentenced for stealing nearly $300,000 from the city where he kept the books.Woodburn ex-clerk sentenced in thefts (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)

Dear Annie: I have been dating "Jesse" for six years. We recently moved in together. Within the last year he has started playing poker, both online and with his friends. Sometimes the games at our place last until 6 a.m. The online gambling is the real.Boyfriend's online gambling makes her a 'poker widow' (The Standard-Times)