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Texas stopped funding gambling addiction programs years ago. A surprising donor is helping fill the void.

A $100,000 donation from Las Vegas Sands will help a nonprofit address treatment needs in Texas, where a state law set up a “compulsive gambling program” that is no longer funded.

The Texas Tribune

Pro-gambling interests fail to gain ground in Texas primaries as legislative roadblocks remain

Despite slow progress, casino empire Las Vegas Sands promised to continue investing in candidates who support bringing destination resort casinos to Texas.

The Texas Tribune

Bereaved parents face ‘harrowing’ delays for NHS postmorterms

Shortage of specialist doctors means service is in crisis, says chair of Royal College of Pathologists committee

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Delay in improving NHS maternity care ‘costs lives of hundreds of babies a year’

Baby charities’ report shows that high rates of stillbirth and neonatal death are not reducing quickly enough

The Guardian - UK

MP calls for every new maternity unit to have bereavement suite

Rosie Wrighting was proposing the Maternity Units (Requirement for Bereavement Suite) Bill in the House of Commons.

Evening Standard

Scottish international film festival reveals lineup including No Other Land screening

THE lineup for an international film festival in a picturesque Scottish town has been revealed, as it aims to celebrate artists who “challenge and…

The National (Scotland)

Why don’t Texans want a casino? It’s not the law, it’s the principle

Residents of a Texas town said no to a multi-billion dollar company that wanted to open a casino. They have won for now, Rhian Lubin reports

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UK women who suffer miscarriage should get two weeks’ paid leave, MPs say

Government urged to introduce universal right of bereavement leave as ‘time to grieve’ early pregnancy loss

The Guardian - UK

Women who have lost a baby prefer the term ‘pregnancy loss’ over ‘miscarriage’

Exclusive: New research finds ‘clinical, cruel’ language about pregnancy loss has negative mental impact

The Guardian - UK

10 ways to show your support to someone suffering from baby loss at Christmas, with advice from the experts and those who have experienced it

Advice on how to navigate the festive season when someone you know is suffering the bereavement of a baby

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With the Mavericks, Miriam Adelson is poised to be a Texas political powerhouse. Will it help her legalize casinos?

Adelson wasted little time reaching out to the state’s business leaders since news of the deal broke, visiting Austin on Thursday to address the Texas Association of Business, the state’s largest business lobby.

The Texas Tribune

Sands casino family say they'll buy majority of Mavs from Cuban. AP source says valuation is $3.5B

The family that runs the Las Vegas Sands casino company says it has entered agreements to buy the majority stake of the Dallas Mavericks from team owner Mark Cuban

The Independent UK

Dallas Mavericks owner in talks over sale to Las Vegas casino group

Maverick’s Mark Cubanis working on $3.5B sale to family that runs Las Vegas Sands casino, AP source says

The Independent UK

Mark Cuban working on sale of NBA's Mavericks to Sands casino family, AP source says

While Cuban would sell the team to Miriam Adelson, the widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, he would retain control of basketball operations. The agreement would be in the range of $3.5 billion.

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20 Years Ago, a Sublime Platformer Perfected the 3D Reboot

Prince of Persia, like so many other franchises, was left for dead by modern gaming. A near-perfect adventure brought it back to life.

Fortune

Macau is back as the world's top gambling hub—and casino companies like Las Vegas Sands are starting to reap the rewards

Casino operator Las Vegas Sands—which, despite the name, no longer has resorts in Vegas—credited a boom in Asian travel for better-than-expected revenue.

The Independent UK

Bereaved parents ‘in limbo’ amid agonizing six-month waits to find out why their babies died

Exclusive: Woman says it was ‘heartbreaking to go through labour and know your baby is not with you anymore’

Evening Standard

Baby Loss Awareness Week: Families who have suffered losing a child invited to pay their own tribute

Baby Loss Awareness Week will run from October 9 until 15

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Golf Monthly

We Attempted To Play One Hole At 18 DIFFERENT Courses In One Day - Here's What Happened

In a bid to raise money for SANDS, the stillborn and neonatal death society, Golf Monthly’s Mike Harris and Genelle Aldred attempted to play an 18-hole round with a difference

Glasgow Live

The Glasgow football team helping bereaved dads cope with baby loss

The Sands United Glasgow team was founded in 2020 to support fathers who had lost their children. The group allows dads to have a kickabout with people who have gone through similar trauma.

Golf Monthly

I'm Playing One Hole At 18 Different Courses In One Day - Here's why...

Mike Harris will be teaming up with broadcaster and fellow golfer Genelle Aldred to play an 18-hole round with a difference, to raise money for SANDS, the still born and neonatal death society

Belfast Live

Irish League stars don their boots in memory of Willowbank legends

The memorial football match will take place this Saturday, May 27

The Guardian - UK

Babies are dying because of NHS failings, poverty and inequality, charities warn

Maternity services need urgent improvement and investment to meet government target of halving stillbirths and neonatal deaths

The Texas Tribune

In dramatic vote, Texas House approves online sports betting measure

A resolution to let voters decide whether to legalize casino gambling, however, was delayed for a day while supporters worked to find enough support for passage.

Reuters

Chinese tourists flock to gambling hub Macau for Labour Day holiday

Hundreds of thousands of mainland Chinese visitors have descended on the world's biggest gambling hub of Macau for the Labour Day holiday, packing tightly into its narrow cobblestone streets and placing bets in its glitzy casinos.

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