Aussie Pub Receives AU$100K Fine over Incitements for Gambling
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A pub in Australia was fined last week after an investigation. It was discovered the venue offered incentives for visitors that gambled.
A former general manager at the Rose and Crown Hotel in Parramatta, Greater Western Sydney, Australia, was fired in 2018. Samantha Glynn manipulated the payout systems for a poker machine and allegedly misplaced AU$400,000 ($290,00) by issuing fake credit tickets. She tipped off the regulator about the malpractice.
Aussie Pub Receives AU$100K Fine over Incitements for Gambling. Investigation found that the pub was facilitating cash advances for gambling via a system of fake transactions. The venue even gave loans from their money safe to gamblers.
ILGA fined RC One Pty Ltd AU$107,358 ($78,000) for incentivizing visitors to gamble. RC was given 28 days to comply. Regulator introduced a handful of reprimands and other fines. Paul Camkin, a manager of the Marlow Hotel Group, received a reprimand. Jason Marlow, director of MHG, was fined AU $10,500 ($7,300) and Damian Kelly, an associate of RC, got AU AU $30,00 ($22,200)
