Journal des déclenchements du filtre antiabus

@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@ - +<br>Binbin Du gambled at Crown Melbourne for at least eight hours every day, soon after his marriage broke down.<br> <br>He plunged $300,000 into the Southbank casino during a two-month stretch from November 2019, sometimes clocking up more than 15 hours straight on the gaming floor.<br> <br>But only once did a Crown staff member check on him.<br> <br>"It was a shameful experience," Mr Du told the inquiry into whether Crown can retain a licence for its Melbourne operations, in previously redacted evidence.<br> <br>"I couldn't see that I was seriously addicted."<br> <br>The law graduate, who grew up in China's Jilin province before moving to Brisbane as a teenager in 2002, preferred to play baccarat.<br> <br>He told Commissioner Ray Finkelstein QC, a former federal court judge, that this was the game of choice for most Chinese gamblers.<br> <br>One Chinese man, Mr Du said, blew $2 million in about 30 minutes playing baccarat at Crown's Mahogany Room - reserved for high-rollers - after the casino allowed him to bet $150,000 per hand, an increase of $50,000.<br> <br>"I have so many acquaintances and friends (who've) ruined their lives, been affected or even ruined by gambling in Mahogany," Mr Du said.<br> <br>After losing his job in 2017, Mr Du started betting on sport to kill time and make some money.<br> <br>But the losses piled up and his marriage broke down the following year.<br><br>He then started using Crown Bet to gamble online from Brisbane, which meant he earned points that he could use at Crown Melbourne.<br> <br>Mr Du, gambling with money he had from selling all three of his properties, then started playing at the Southbank casino from November 2019.<br> <br>He kicked off at the blackjack table, betting $50 per hand, before a Crown employee lured him to the Mahogany Room with a promotional program that rewarded gamblers with cash rebates, as well as food and beverage credits.<br> <br>Losing thousands per day, Mr Du then asked Crown for a few nights of free accommodation. He was told he wasn't gambling enough for such a perk.<br> <br>It took six weeks, Mr Du told the inquiry, for a member of Crown's responsible gambling team to pull him up and talk to him about budgeting.<br> <br>But Mr Du said by this point he was "seriously addicted" and no longer cared about budgeting.<br> <br>He later complained to a Mahogany Room host about his spiralling losses, only to be told: "Gambling is like water - you can either drink it or don't drink."<br> <br>"There was no staff or dealers or floor managers approaching the gamblers ... they just let gamblers lose more and more and more," Mr Du told the inquiry.<br> <br>"There is a culture of corporate arrogance and indifference."<br> <br>Mr Du told the inquiry he believes nothing has changed.<br> <br>"It is business as usual," he said.<br> <br>Another man, who cannot be named, said his sister took her own life after becoming addicted to gambling at Crown Melbourne and falling prey to payday lenders.<br> <br>He blamed the inducements offered by the casino, as well as the fact no one checked on his sister, who would gamble up to four nights a week.<br> <br>She slept in her car, he said, after selling her house to feed the addiction, as well as stealing from her own family, including her sister's engagement ring.<br> <br>"This wasn't people going to a venue with friends and having drinks and having fun," the man said.<br> <br>"This is someone ... almost night after night ... looking very despondent on her own. I just feel like it's toxic, it's dangerous.<br> <br>"Inducements can destroy a life. If you loved this post and you would like to get additional facts pertaining to [https://rankthai.com/ บาคาร่า] kindly check out our webpage. "<br> <br>The royal commission was set up by the Andrews' Labor government after a NSW inquiry found Crown unsuitable to operate its newly built casino in Sydney's Barangaroo.<br> <br>Public hearings continue on Thursday.<br>