Last Bets Author: Michaela McGuire

Product Details: ISBN: 9780522862393 Format: Paperback Pages: 192 Dims (mm): 131 x 197 Pub Date: 02-06-14 Pub Country: Australia Condition: NEW

Description: 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 nightandmdash;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 guard was charged with manslaughter. Michaela McGuire follows the trial, trying to make sense of the gap between ethics and the law. She speaks to problem gamblers and psychologists, a casino priest and David Walsh, Australia's most notorious gambler. Last Bets is true crime writing at its bestandmdash;disturbing, gripping, and unnerving. A must-read for gamblers, the gambling industry, law makers and everyone who cares.

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