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In short:
The Hellenic Club of Canberra has lost its bid to refer part of its appeal against a $1.2 million fine to the ACT Supreme Court.
The fine was imposed by the ACT’s gambling regulatory authority after it found more than 70 alleged contraventions of regulations, including the club’s alleged failure to record events in the problem gambling incidents register.
What’s next?
The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal stayed disciplinary action against the club to allow time for its appeal, with a full hearing date to be set.
Canberra’s Hellenic club has lost its bid to refer part of its challenge to a $1.2 million fine, over alleged breaches of gambling laws, to the ACT Supreme Court.
The dispute over the penalty is being considered by the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT).
The alleged breaches came to light when the family of a man who had taken his own life went to the ACT’s Gambling and Racing Commission to complain that the club had broken gambling laws by letting him and his wife take out illegal amounts of cash.
Raimo Kasurinen, who was known as Ray, died on March 31, 2020.
Prior to his death, Mr Kasurinen had fallen into serious debt.
Under the law, there is a $200 EFTPOS withdrawal limit.
The family said Mr Kasurinen and his wife had taken out the cash in $200 lots.
The commission found more than 70 alleged contraventions of regulations, including the club’s alleged failure to record events in the problem gambling incidents register or to record multiple EFTPOS withdrawals.
