Monthly Archives: August 2015

EuroMillions lottery winner who scooped A 27m assaulted taxi driver

Lottery winner who scooped A 27million EuroMillions jackpot with ticket she bought on her way home from claiming benefits battered taxi driver in drunken rampage Been given community service for attack, in which she also hurled a book and tore a sat-nav from the windscreen Margaret Loughrey has been ordered to perform 150 hours of unpaid work after she assaulted a taxi driver and broke his glasses A A 27million EuroMillions jackpot winner has been ordered to perform 150 hours of unpaid work after she assaulted a taxi driver and broke his glasses. Margaret Loughrey, from Strabane, Co Tyrone, claimed she couldn’t remember carrying out the booze-fuelled attack in May this year.

Caesars stock jumps on word of revived negotiations with bankers

Casino operator Caesars Entertainment Corp (CEC) saw its shares jump nearly 17% on Friday, an upbeat end to an otherwise downer week.

Investors pushed CEC shares up $1.15 to $8.02 on Friday, even as the overall market lost 3% of its value. Investors were buoyed by news that CEC has restarted negotiations with its main bank lenders regarding its plan to restructure its bankrupt main unit Caesars Entertainment Operating Co (CEOC).

On Monday, CEC filed an update with the Securities and Exchange Commission announcing that talks with its senior bank lenders had broken off the day before. Unlike the majority of CEOC’s senior bond holders and a minority of its junior creditors, CEC has been unable to convince the bankers to sign off on its restructuring plan, which would see CEOC split into two divisions: one to operate its casinos and another to own the land on which those casinos stand.

On Friday, Bloomberg News reported that CEC had restarted talks with the bankers, who hold around $3b of CEOC’s $5.35b in term loans. But the bankers are still balking at being paid off in new debt belonging to the restructured CEOC and they also want CEC to double the $62.5m upfront cash payment it had previously offered as an incentive for signing on with the restructuring plan.

Q+A: Hakkasan guru Pavan Pardasani talks Wet Republic Hot 100's first $1M contest

In today’s finale of Wet Republic Hot 100’s inaugural $1 million bikini contest at MGM Grand, five sexy finalists will spin a wheel in the hopes of winning the seven-figure prize. Doors open at 11 a.m. to the popular dayclub after a summer of Las Vegas’ sexiest bodies competing in bikini-voting contests leading to today’s Season 8 closing event.

Political Monitor Judicial Watch Announces DOJ Lawsuit Over Wire Act Review

The Department of Justice’s 2011 interpretation of the Wire Act, which found that the legislation only applies to sports betting and not to other forms of online gambling, has been controversial ever since. Now, a right-wing political group is suing the DOJ in the hopes of obtaining documents related to that decision. Judicial Watch issued […]

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Walnut Creek wildlife center gets $2.6 million gift

Lindsay Wildlife Experience staffers could be excused for having the kind of daydreams lottery winners indulge in: The 60-year-old wildlife-rehabilitation center has received a $2.6 million gift from the late Stephen S. Ball, its largest-ever single donation. The money could be used to upgrade wildlife rescue and rehabilitation facilities, including the hospital’s treatment rooms and animal housing; for new aviaries and outdoor improvements of animal exercise areas; or to help build an endowment fund, according to a Lindsay news release Friday.

Tropicana Sale To Penn Approved

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A lotto booze: Cab driver assaulted by 27 million lottery winner…

Margaret Loughrey, who won the EuroMillions jackpot in December 2013, was “highly intoxicated” on vodka when the offence took place in May. Loughrey, 50, of Co Tyrone, Ireland, who bought the winning ticket on her way home from the Jobcentre and has given away half her fortune to help the needy, also admitted criminal damage. Her lawyer Stephen Chapman told the court in Strabane: “She is a woman with a number of advantages and she accepts that her behaviour on this night was totally unacceptable.

Coral partner with Leeds United; CrownBet sponsor Country Racing Victoria

UK bookies Coral have announced their second new football betting partnership in as many days.

Fresh off signing up with English Premier Leaguers Newcastle United FC, Coral has announced it has inked a new official betting and gaming partnership with Championship League club Leeds United. Neither the terms nor the duration of the pact were disclosed.

In addition to allowing punters the usual access to exclusive offers via online or betting kiosks at LUFC’s Elland Road ground, Coral will also get naming rights on the north east corner of the venue’s stand, which will henceforth be known as The Coral North East Stand, dashing hopes of a punter mindfuck by calling it the Coral South West Sitting. Coral will also enjoy the standard brand presence across the club’s digital and social media channels, as well as on real-world poster boards.

Coral’s latest signing follows a flurry of sponsorship activity, which includes not only the Newcastle pact but similar deals with EPL sides Fulham and Norwich City, adding to Coral’s existing deal with Everton. One can only hope this helps dispel the unfavorable impression most UK residents have of the Coral brand.