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Crown inquiry could also spell trouble for NSW pubs and clubs and their 90,000 poker machines – ABC News
Crown’s winning streak took a hit this week. But there’s another sector of Australia’s all-powerful gambling industry that might start drawing some unwanted attention…
With a business model based on an oversupply of losing gamblers, Crown has been on a winning streak since the 1990s.
But when the Bergin Inquiry report was tabled in NSW Parliament this week, the company’s directors got an insight into what it was like to end a night at the casino with the arse out of your trousers and no cab fare home.
Few public inquiries have skewered a corporate giant like Bergin has done to Crown, and the pain is not over yet.
When the NSW Independent Liquor & Gaming Authority…
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