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Responsible gambling – a bright shining lie Crown Resorts and others can no longer hide behind

  • Written by Charles Livingstone, Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Commissioner Ray Finkelstein during royal commission proceedings on March 24, 2021.

This week the Victorian Royal Commission into Crown Resorts’ Melbourne casino heard from Sonja Bauer, Crown Melbourne’s general manager for responsible gambling. Her evidence revealed a series of deficiencies in the way Crown goes about its “responsible gambling” practices.

These include allowing a patron at the casino to...

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