EXCLUSIVE
A cruise liner passenger who plunged to his death from the ship had racked up a $4,000 casino debt after being lured to spend big by the company’s ‘high roller’ incentives, his family claims.
Shane Dixon, 45, died after falling overboard while sailing on the P&O cruise ship Pacific Adventure just after 4am on May 6 as it approached Sydney Harbour.
The father-of-three, from Campbelltown in Sydney’s west, had been on the three-day Elvis-themed cruise with his mother Sue Dixon, 66, who had saved up to book the trip as a holiday for the pair.
His family claim he fell victim to rogue practices used by cruise companies to incentivise gambling under ‘international waters’ guidelines – which would be considered illegal in Australia.
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