Fashion

Saudi designers shine as Fashion Trust Arabia announces finalists for 2024 awards

Saudi designers shine as Fashion Trust Arabia announces finalists for 2024 awards

Posted by - August 13, 2024 Fashion

DUBAI: What does art have to do with the Olympics? Qatar Museums, the Gulf nation’s preeminent government institution for art and culture, believes that art is a way to further spur cultural diplomacy and highlight the country’s unique heritage and cultural scene in line with its 40-year participation in the...

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Fitness

Fitness Friday: Staying Motivated

Fitness Friday: Staying Motivated

Posted by February 7, 2025

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - It’s been one month since New year’s resolutions were created, and many may find themselves faltering in February especially when it comes to health and fitness. Cycle Station Co-Owner Jon Childers says most of the challenge is getting to the work out and the rest of...

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Shopping

Infra

Qatar’s Ashgal likely to award industrial areas infra consultancy contract in Q2 2025

Qatar’s Ashgal likely to award industrial areas infra consultancy contract…

Posted by - February 5, 2025

Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) is expected to award the design and lead consultancy contract for the North of New Industrial Area Roads and Infrastructure Works project in Doha during the second quarter of 2025, according to a source familiar with the details. “The contract is expected to be awarded in April 2025,” the source said, adding that the delivery is scheduled for...

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Sports

De’Aaron Fox’s game-winning 3-pointer comes a fraction of a second too late

De’Aaron Fox’s game-winning 3-pointer comes a fraction of a second…

Posted by - February 8, 2025

It's not often De'Aaron Fox is a step too slow. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)Had Friday's game between the San Antonio Spurs and Charlotte Hornets been half a second longer, De'Aaron Fox would have been a hero.Unfortunately, the clock was the undoing of a would-be game-winner for the point guard in his...

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Gambling

Jury Awards Players $25M In High 5 Mobile Gambling Case…

Posted by February 8, 2025

By Greg Lamm ( February 7, 2025, 8:50 PM EST) -- A Washington federal jury on Friday awarded nearly $25 million to a class of players who said they were injured by game developer High 5 Games' social casino-style mobile apps that targeted gambling addicts as "whales."... Law360 is on...

Betting on the Big Game? Experts suggest setting limits to…

Posted by February 8, 2025

PEORIA (25News Now) - Millions of dollars will likely be on the line nationwide during one of the biggest sporting events of the year Sunday. The Illinois Gaming Board reported making $1.7 billion last year from casinos, slot gaming terminals, and sportsbooks statewide. However, another report finds 4% of Illinoisans...

‘Addictive, Exploitive, Manipulative’: Les Bernal Breaks Down Predatory Gambling Ahead…

Posted by February 8, 2025

Forget Chiefs and Eagles. Super Bowl 59’s biggest winners will be sports betting operations. Americans will shell out an eye-popping $1.39 billion on Sunday, the American Gaming Association (AGA) predicts, outstripping last year’s $1.25 billion record. A national survey from Lending Tree indicates more than half of all male respondents,...

With the surge in sports betting, the risk of gambling…

Posted by February 7, 2025

Jordan Holt at his home in Yuma, Arizona. Chantel Holt hide caption toggle caption Chantel Holt "I literally couldn't stop." That's how Jordan Holt describes the moment that he hit rock bottom with his sports gambling compulsion. The 44-year-old from Yuma, Arizona, says he started placing wagers on football and...

Man gets 22 years in robbery of gambling cafe

Posted by February 7, 2025

Odell Wright A man who robbed a gambling café in Glendale Heights has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Odell Wright, 49, of Chicago, was sentenced Friday by DuPage County Judge Guerin. A jury found him guilty on Dec. 5 of aggravated robbery. Wright was accused of robbing Stella’s...

Man gets 22 years in robbery of gambling cafe

Posted by February 7, 2025

Odell Wright A man who robbed a gambling café in Glendale Heights has been sentenced to 22 years in prison. Odell Wright, 49, of Chicago, was sentenced Friday by DuPage County Judge Guerin. A jury found him guilty on Dec. 5 of aggravated robbery. Wright was accused of robbing Stella’s...

Same-game parlays are a cash cow for gambling companies –…

Posted by February 7, 2025

Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner and Americans are expected to gamble an estimated $1.39 billion on the big game. However, traditional betting lines have grown old and boring, and to receive big payouts, bettors need to risk a lot of money. So, increasingly, bettors are turning to...

S.I. event to offer support Super Bowl Sunday for those…

Posted by February 7, 2025

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Those worried about problem gambling and wishing to avoid temptation by watching the Super Bowl on Sunday have another option, thanks to Gamblers Anonymous (GA) of Staten Island.The Bob O and Jim P Pasta Bowl will take place on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9, from 6...