A Catholic priest from Ontario has been imprisoned for two years for defrauding refugees of nearly C$1 million (US$760,000) to support his gambling habit. Canada’s Global News reports that Father Amer Saka, a priest of St. Joseph’s Chaldean in London, Ontario, has been ordered to make amends to the 33 families he got the money […]
A former director at Penn National Gaming (PNG) has been busted for embezzling $75,000 worth of gift cards that were meant for company employees. Denise Bitler, former director of benefits at PNG, was arrested last Thursday on multiple charges of theft. The arrest comes after a “labor intensive and exhaustive” investigation by Berks County police […]
During Saturday night’s leg of the Breeders’ Cup, tragedy struck when the event ended in Mongolian Groom being put down. This has effectively caused people and associations to question the future of horse racing and that of Santa Anita. In the space of 13 months, Mongolian Groom is now the 37th horse to die at […]