{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_plkkeyoy5qyx4qerkveq","title":"‘Grab driver income only enough to survive’: Former ‘gambling king’ who once travelled in private jet says he now drives Grab car after losing everything as he sinks into S$314K debt","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/grab-driver-income-only-enough-to-survive-former-gambling-king-who-once-plkkeyoy5q","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_plkkeyoy5qyx4qerkveq","seq":630164,"kind":"article","title":"‘Grab driver income only enough to survive’: Former ‘gambling king’ who once travelled in private jet says he now drives Grab car after losing everything as he sinks into S$314K debt","url":"https://theindependent.sg/grab-driver-income-only-enough-to-survive-former-gambling-king-who-once-travelled-in-private-jet-says-he-now-drives-grab-car-after-losing-everything-as-he-sinks-into-s-314k-debt","summary":"After losing all his fortune from gambling, Aaron Lim now works up to 12 hours a day as a Grab car driver just to cover his food, petrol, and medicine","published":"2026-09-29T09:01:56Z","seen":"2026-09-29T09:40:44Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-theindependent-sg-ab06d7","name":"theindependent.sg","domain":"theindependent.sg","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q113645781","name":"The Independent","type":"other","designations":["news media"]}},"via":"kite-theindependent-sg-ab06d7","topics":["asia","lifestyle"],"authors":["Nick Karean"],"entities":[{"id":"Q20873932","name":"Grab","type":"org"}],"image":"https://sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com/theindependentsg/uploads/2026/9/43591fc7-3611-447f-9f44-5bbf5db12158-large.webp","story":"st_plkkeyoy5qyx4qerkveq","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.44999998807907104,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5,"political":0.019999999552965164}]}