Luke Bateman tells inquiry gambling companies supplied him with cocaine and alcohol
•Former rugby league player Luke Bateman claims gambling companies provided him with cocaine and alcohol.
•He reported his gambling addiction cost him approximately $1 million.
•Bateman criticized the betting industry for failing to exercise a duty of care.
المصدر: The Guardian World | Source: The Guardian WorldFormer rugby league player turned TikTok influencer tells parliamentary inquiry his spiralling addiction to gambling cost him about $1m
Former rugby league star Luke Bateman has alleged gambling company promoters supplied him with cocaine and alcohol, telling a parliamentary inquiry the betting industry exercised no duty of care.
Bateman, who is now a TikTok star and influential in the “BookTok” community, told the inquiry on Monday morning he attended a private Gold Coast event hosted by a gambling company at which senior figures took illicit drugs with clients.
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→Former rugby league player Luke Bateman claims gambling companies provided him with cocaine and alcohol.
→He reported his gambling addiction cost him approximately $1 million.
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