The Facts
Gambler develops gambling addiction
In July 1994, at the age of 27, a gambler commenced gambling at
a casino in Melbourne.
Over the course of 1994 he lost $110,000 of his father's
money at the casino.
He was also charged with defrauding a finance company of
approximately $286,000, an offence which he sought to mitigate by
asserting that it was committed to support a gambling
addiction.
The gambler was referred to a program for problem gamblers, as
well as to a clinical psychologist specialising in gambling-related
diseases.
He was diagnosed as a "classic pathological
gambler".
Gambler excluded from casino
While the criminal proceedings were pending, the gambler applied
for and was granted a self-exclusion order by the casino.
