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Thousands of cruise passengers, including some New Zealanders, could be included in a class action against cruise line companies over their lax onboard gambling rules.
The Australian law firm leading the action, Carter Capner Law, says some passengers who could not afford to settle their bills had been “unlawfully detained”.
One regular cruise passenger, who has joined the class action, told Nine to Noon that on his first cruise about 10 years ago, he had no idea he was borrowing money to gamble.
“It just spun really badly out of control,” said the man, who admitted he probably had “a bit of an underlying gambling problem”.
“At 21, I didn’t have too much money, and my final bill was…
