NHL Star Criticized For Gambling Debt - 2003-03-18
Recently Jaromir Jagr, the Washington Capitals star, has been the target of a lot of criticism in the media for running up a huge gambling IOU. The NHL player owed a considerable amount of $500,000 in debt to the online casino CaribSports.com.
Well lah-de-daa.
I’m positive that the coverage on the high-roller would have been the same if he’d won a jackpot worth $500,000. Oh, hang on, that wouldn’t have been viewed as newsworthy and wouldn’t have given enough papers their god given right to 'tsk, tsk' a high profile player down on his luck.
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