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Author McGuire, Michaela, author.

Title Last bets : a true story of gambling, morality and the law / Michaela McGuire.

Publication Info. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource (223 pages)
text file
Note Includes index.
Contents Last Bets; Contents; Prologue; 1 The Bouncers; 2 A World of Entertainment; 3 The Eye in the Sky; 4 Lucky Money; 5 Courtroom Antics; 6 The Machine Zone; 7 A No-Win Situation; 8 Chasing the Score; 9 Calling Three-Zero; 10 The Gambler's Myth; 11 The Artful Dodger; 12 An Act of Violence; 13 An Extraordinary Thing; 14 A Non-Perfect World; 15 The Problem of Luck; 16 The Verdict; 17 Magical Thinking; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Index.
Summary On a Sunday evening in July 2011, 40-year-old Anthony dunning was pinned to the floor of Melbourne's Crown casino by security staff. Four days later, he died in the intensive care unit of the Alfred Hospital. The incident was reported to the police by two friends who were with dunning on the night - not by Crown casino. Later that week, a spokesperson for the police said that even though Crown had no legal requirement to report such incidents, 'they probably had a moral obligation' to do so. Crown casino said that its employees were just doing their job. Three months later, a young security g.
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Subject Gambling -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Gambling.
Australia.
Gambling and crime -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Gambling and crime.
Law and ethics.
Law and ethics.
Murder -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Case studies.
Murder.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Electronic books.
Case studies.
Other Form: Print version: McGuire, Michaela. Last Bets : A true story of gambling, morality and the law. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, ©2014
ISBN 0522862403 (ebook)
9780522862409 (electronic book)

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