The son of self-made millionaire George Hearst, he became aware that his father received a northern California newspaper, The San Francisco Examiner, as payment of a gambling debt.

他是白手起家的百万富翁乔治赫斯特的儿子，他意识到他父亲接受加利福尼亚北部的一份叫旧金山主考官的报纸的印刷来清偿赌债。

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He got in over his head with gambling problems and mounting debt.

他的赌瘾搞得他债台高筑，里外不是人。

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Klein embezzled the money over two decades to fund a gambling debt, the court heard.

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U.S. senator became owner of floundering San Francisco Examiner newspaper in 1880 as payment for gambling debt.

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The case, which centered on Francis' claims that Wynn threatened to kill him over the gambling debt, is being appealed.

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