THE lawyer-turned-surfwear-and-IT-entrepreneur Matthew Perrin racked up $1.7 million in gambling debts last year before his financial world collapsed around him this week.
The debts of the former high-flying Billabong chief executive include $800,000 to the Centrebet boss, Con Kafataris, $300,000 to Flemington bookie Frank Hudson and $160,000 to one of Victoria’s biggest bookmakers, Alan Eskander.
Mr Perrin has left a $28.2 million trail of unpaid bills to 20 unsecured creditors, including …Â
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LOS ANGELES – KROQ 106.7 FM announces Kevin & Bean’s April Foolishness comedy event to be held at the Gibson Amphitheatre on Friday April 03, 2009.
Performing live on stage:
Jimmy Kimmel
Jay Mohr
Kevin Nealon
Patton Oswalt
Joe Rogan
Ray Romano
Jeffrey Ross
Sarah Silverman
with house band
Cleto and the Cletones
Tickets go on sale, Thursday March 5, 2009 at 5PM at ticketmaster.com only.
Additional details are at KROQ.com. Proceeds from the Kevin & Bean’s April Foolishness will be donated to “Boarding for Breast Cancerâ€. Go to B4BC.org to learn more about the organization.
The Kevin & Bean show can be heard on KROQ 106.7 FM, Monday through Friday in the greater Los Angeles, CA area.  ….. Details
The International Cycling Union (UCI) has agreed to work closely with the French-Anti Doping Agency (AFLD) in a move to crack down on cheats in the sport.
Both parties signed an agreement on Friday for the AFLD, whose methods helped catch several top names during last year’s Tour de France, to carry out tests on the Paris-Nice race under the UCI’s jurisdiction.
The AFLD, however, will have room to target some riders on their own initiative…. Details
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German Stefan Schumacher has been suspended from all cycling for two years after failing a drugs test during the 2008 Tour de France, International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid said on Friday.
“Schumacher is now banned from activity from Jan. 22, 2009 to …. Details