3am: Mike Skinner.

Byline: JESSICA CALLAN, EVA SIMPSON AND CAROLINE HEDLEY

MIKE Skinner Mike Skinner is the name of:

The Streets, the performing name of a British rapper/musician named Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner (NASCAR), an American racer

has confessed to struggling with a crippling gambling compulsion. The publicity-shy Streets star, 25, revealed that his problem got so bad he nearly had to pull out of a tour.

"It was a case of remortgage A remortgage (also known as refinancing) is the process of paying off one mortgage with the proceeds from a new mortgage using the same property as security. The term is mainly used commercially in the United Kingdom, though what it describes is not uniquely British. the house and stop drinking," he says. "The US tour was nearly pulled halfway through because I lost the tour cash float... in the casino.

"With gambling, you have to think you could lose a lot before you feel that adrenaline adrenaline (ədrĕn`əlĭn, –lēn): see epinephrine. ," Mike tells this week's Time Out magazine. "If you're not staking anything you care about, you might as well not bother."

Next time, Mikey, just remember A Grand Don't Come For Free!

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Publication:	The Mirror (London, England)
Date:	Nov 9, 2004
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