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20 Feb
Posted by Yehuda Berlinger as Card Games, CCGs, Classic Board Games, Other
Birmingham, UK: The online retailer Card Empire sold trading cards and accessories and was co-owned by Mark and Helen Findlay, who were the only workers. Mark just killed his Helen (his estranged wife) and then killed himself by jumping in front of a train. Helen had complained to the police about Mark five days earlier. They had two children. (source)
Tecumseh, OK: 40 year old former friend of family is chief suspect in the disappearance of a 14 year old girl on her way to an anime convention. Contact police if you have information. (source)
Kalamazoo, MI: Man shot and robbed over his winnings in a dice game. (source)
San Diego, CA: Card cheater pleads guilty to robbing casinos in California and Canada. He is part of a ring of cheaters, 26 of whom have pleaded guilty. (source)
Belize City, Belize: Stray bullet kills man enjoying a dice game. (source)
Concord, CA: One man hits another on the head with a golf club at a dominoes game because he was laughing. (source)
Detroit, MI: Dice game leads to school shooting. Click on the video link for a scaremongering TV news report (“Inside the scool … they were … GAMBLING!”) (source)
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