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Saturday 28 June 2014
Student Commits Suicide After Losing $3000 USD In World Cup Gamble
Student Commits Suicide After Losing $3000 USD In World Cup Gamble
He gambled with money borrowed from loan sharks and committed suicide after losing it to World Cup bets
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Failed gambling led him to suicide
A second-year college student has died after jumping from the 7th story of high rise building in his school following heavy losses in World Cup gambling.
The student who, simply identified his surname Lin in news reports, committed suicide after losing a big bet, reportedly over$3000 USD.
A Debt And A Death
A witness who spoke with Information Times said the student might have committed suicide after pressure from loan sharks.
"I heard him say 'do not force me' and 'give me two more days and I'll return you the money'
"He talked on the phone for more than 10 minutes. I saw him hang up and stand up and then all in a sudden he just disappeared," Information Times reported the witness as saying.
An online media quoting a classmate and friend of the deceased student reports that Lin had gambled nearly $7,000 US dollars on several students.
“We heard that he borrowed quite a lot of money and the interest rate was rather high,” another student quoted in the report said.
Deadly China Betting
Lin is now the second Chinese to die in World Cup related circumstances after a 51-year-old former footballer, Li Mingqiang, died of 'over-excitement' while watching the Spain-Netherlands match which ended 5-1 in favor of the Orange boys.
China has become the World's gambling capital and just last week, police in Hong busted an illegal World Cup betting ring which raked in an astonishing $600 million USD in one week - an all-time record.
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Chinese fan dies after staying up too late to watch the World Cup
Chinese fan dies after staying up too late to watch the World Cup
- Chinese fan found dead in his home after Holland 5-1 win over Spain
- Sleep deprivation from staying up to watch World Cup believed to be cause
- Parts of Brazil are 11 hours behind China, with games airing there in the middle of the night
A Chinese fan has reportedly died after after staying up for too many nights in a row to watch the World Cup.
A 25-year-old man was found in his home in Suzhou, an area near Shanghai, sat infront of a TV set just hours after Holland's 5-1 thumping of Spain on Friday.
Salvador, the Brazilian city where the game took place on Friday, is 11 hours behind Shanghai, meaning fans in China have to stay up all through the night to follow the tournament.
With the game kicking off at 4pm local time, it did not finish in China until around 5 in the morning, and doctors believe his death could have been caused by the sleep deprivation.
Medical experts have now warned football fans in China about the dangers should they sacrifice sleep during the tournament.
It's not the first time a Chinese football fan has died after staying awake to watch the game.
During Euro 2012 one supporter spent 11 sleepless nights watching every game of the tournament and died from exhaustion.
Chinese hospitals also saw a surge in patients admitted with symptoms of exhaustion during the World Cups in 2006 and 2010.
Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben both scored twice as Oranje ran riot against the current world champions.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2658967/Chinese-fan-dies-staying-late-watch-World-Cup.html#ixzz35zWGTJVU
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