Sentence examples for large-scale gambling from inspiring English sources

Large-scale gambling used for tax revenue is bad economics and worse public policy.

For decades, Singapore adamantly rejected casino gambling, fearing the emergence of money-laundering, addiction, prostitution and other problems associated with large-scale gambling.

In particular, Chinese international gangs called the Triads are making a strong bid to succeed the Mafia in the sophisticated crimes of large-scale gambling, loan sharking and labor racketeering.

Giving evidence later, Mr Hoeness said he had used the money for large-scale gambling on the foreign currency markets, losing far more than he ever gained.

It was the gentry who introduced large-scale gambling into cricket and some of these gamblers subsequently became patrons by forming select teams that would improve their chances of winning.

During his time in power in the 1950s, Batista used his resentment against the snubs of Cuba's wealthy to launch both a massive building program and large-scale gambling in Havana.

There is no evidence of large scale gambling or patronage prior to the English Civil War and it was those factors which drove the formation of "representative" teams in the 18th century.

The group's primary investors include Mr. Levine, a Queens developer, and others with deep experience in gambling and large-scale construction.

The primary aim of the present study was to understand the impact of online gambling on gambling problems in a large-scale nationally representative sample of Italian youth, and to identify and then further examine a subgroup of online gamblers who reported higher rates of gambling problems.

'I do not think it can be justified in this situation to ask the state to restore trust that has been gambled away with large-scale debt relief plans financed by tax money,' he said.

Tourism was stimulated through the large-scale expansion of hotel and beach facilities and gambling casinos.