Crown Melbourne has been accused of predatory behaviour after a royal commission revealed it allowed a high-roller with a $100,000 gambling debt to keep playing.
The man exchanged a $100,000 cheque for chips at the Southbank casino in May 2016.
He was a high-stakes roulette enthusiast who usually bet about $4000 per spin and once gambled continuously for 26 hours and 23 minutes.
This time he lost everything. And then his cheque bounced.
But he was encouraged to keep on gambling at Crown Melbourne’s Mahogany Room – reserved for VIPs and high-rollers – and told he could pay back the debt from his winnings.
He paid back the debt after a lucky streak, but then went even further into the red, owing the casino up to $1 million.
Counsel assi…
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