An article regarding one of the pioneers of sports betting regretting having done so.
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The article was some part apology and most part let’s change so we don’t get smashed in the end. Adapt and survive rather than remove. He didn’t regret gambling as much as he regretted the way it was sold. Like the Philip Morris posts, we can see that smoking is bad so let’s change to vaping as it isn’t seen the same way. Both smoking and vaping have risks most shouldn’t tolerate but sold in such a way it is somewhat acceptable.
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The case was finalised in the Cairns Court yesterday with the person pleading guilty to stealing $3.1 million from her employer and receiving an 11 year jail term but could be out in 3 years.
Whilst the story is presently only in Murdoch’s local rag, some of the money was gambled, as fully expected.
Winners are grinners?
And the headline for the article on the local rag’s website.
‘CHRONIC GAMBLER’S’ SHOCKING DEBTS REVEALED AS BOSS
Court documents have revealed the shocking amount of money Cairns fraudster Wendy Aspinall tipped down the pokies and the $3.1 million she stole from her boss was just the tip of the iceberg.
As my curiousity overrode my better judgement, I actually bought a copy of the local Murdoch rag today so as to get the full story about the massive gambling fail.
The massive headline states “$30 M POKIE BANDIT”.
The 2 page spread on pages 6 & 7 “cover the story”.
Whilst it is claimed that she fed some $30 million into the pokies at the Reef Casino and that the $3.1 million stolen from the empolyer was just the tip of the iceberg, there is absolutely no mention of where the other $27 million was obtained from.
Likewise, there is no information as to how she was $2.9 million in debt when she was stealing from her employer.
Did the casino give her millions in credit?
Whatever actually transpired, it is just another disgusting example of the grubby gamblinhg operators feeding off compulsive gamblers.
And I paid $2.50 for this worthless rag which qualifies as another scam.
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An article regarding “virtual casinos” parting people from their money.
Fancy paying to gamble when you cannot actually win anything.
And Aussies are the biggest gamblers in the world. You can bet on that.
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A fool and his money are soon parted. I am amazed that people will be interviewed and admit this level of foolishness.
It is actually a very clever rip off. As there is no payoff it isn’t gambling, you are paying for entertainment. Should the law prevent people from wasting their money on very expensive entertainment?
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It does show that some have faith in gambling companies which operate outside the Australian jurisdiction. It is very much ‘gambler beware’ as any gambling company is about maximise profits at the customer expense.
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A tragic story of a person who became addicted to gambling.
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Another illustration that our leaders have no idea about dealing with addiction. If you destroy your life with gambling you get a sigh and a tut tut. If you do it with an approved addictive substance (nicotine and booze) you get tut tutted. If you do it with an addictive substance other than the approved kind you get gaol.
Harm minimisation is putting bark chips under playground swings.
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An article regarding poker machines in pubs and clubs being used for money laundering.
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At the end of the day the pokie purveyors and operators often own governments. Plans go to the state government today.
The community with the second-worst rate of losses on poker machines in Victoria will get around 100 more gaming machines…So far this year, punters in Casey, in Melbourne’s south-east, have lost $80 million on the pokies, topped only by the City of Brimbank in Melbourne’s west with losses of $83 million.
Entertainment or an insidious industry? One’s place on the ladder and in politics defines the answer.
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An article regarding proposals to ban buying lotto tickets with credit cards.
What a disgrace that there is still no action to raise the minimum monthly payments on credit card bills.
We paid our CBA MasterCard bill yesterday in full, as usual, for some $5,300 and noted that the statement advised that paying some $273 a month would pay the accont off in 2 years and accrue some $1,250 in interest, but paying the minimum amount of $106 would take over 68 years and incur over $35,000 in interest.
What an absolute disgrace. Consumers would be far better protected by raising the minimum monthly payment amount instead of worrying about lotto tickets.
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Every time I see this topic I wonder if there is ‘scrupulous’ behaviour for a gambling operator or if ‘scrupulous’ and ‘unscrupulous’ are interchangeable words in the ‘business’, both being defined per ‘unscrupulous’ in laymen’s terminology.
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An update on the article.
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Informative regarding how the gambling industry seems to own government. Unfortunately the opposition had its own hand in the events giving Crown special status so their role is nothing but partisanship and politics as usual BS. Still, the government of the day needs to step up in each state where the casinos have these exemptions.
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Federal Group demands that Tassie pubs still pay poker machine rents despite being unable to trade.
According to the article, the rent is 70% of revenue.
“As a small business and an independent business I was looking forward to 2023, so I could get out from underneath the Federal Group monopoly they hold on this and looking forward to not having to pay them 70 per cent revenue on any machine I lease,” they said.
So perhaps the pubs should be paying 70% of zero.
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Betting agencies continue to exploit gambling addicts during coronavirus shutdowns.
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Latest update with Grubs & Clubs NSW trying to shoot the messenger.
What a disgusting bunch of bottom-feeders.
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A sad story regarding problem gamblers.
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???
Only if you are a poker machine dependent business?
At least this seems to be what the ABC is reporting.
No industry has felt the strain more than pubs, clubs and casinos. From March 23, they had to close their doors at short notice, throwing the lives and livelihoods of tens of thousands of Australians into turmoil.
But for some Australians these closures have proved a blessing rather than a curse.
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