The royal commission into Melbourne’s Crown Casino is about to begin its first week of public hearings, but has already begun to share harrowing tales of lives ruined by gambling addiction on the casino floor.
Key points:
- Several submissions raised concerns the self-banning program at Crown was not working well
- A gambling counsellor said loan sharks regularly preyed on vulnerable people at the casino
- This week’s hearings will focus on the role of the Victorian regulator and junket operations
Beginning today, the hearings will coverissues with the regulator and junket operations.
Over the weekend, the commission published dozens of public submissions it had received so far, including several first-hand accounts of the ongoing trauma left behi…
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