Tim Kingston News Today

Some 45 years ago today, tanker Betelgeuse caught fire and exploded at the Gulf Oil-operated terminal jetty in Bantry Bay, Co Cork, killing 50 people

On January 8, 1979, French-owned oil tanker, Betelgeuse, caught fire and exploded at the Gulf Oil-operated terminal jetty at Whiddy Island in Bantry Bay, Co Cork

Kingston, whose father Tim died in the explosion, has written to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar on behalf of the victims’ families

For every dollar players spend on the lottery, they will lose about 35 cents on average, according to an analysis of lottery data by the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.

According to interviews and court documents, the Scientific Games strategy to win public acceptance of lotteries has proven so effective that state governments have since become their biggest cheerleaders.

The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company, Scientific Games Holdings LP. A 1986 memo from Scientific Games co-founder and then-Chairman John R.

State lotteries now exist in 45 states and the District of Columbia

The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company,

The lobbying and political activities of Scientific Games in the 1980s were key to the creation of many state lotteries, an investigative report finds.

The container ship Zim Kingston lost 40 containers over the side in a storm off the Strait of Juan D...