August 6, 2026 — 3:41pm

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Free drugs, escorts and other high-roller hospitality to keep problem gamblers betting what they can’t afford. Former rugby league player and compulsive gambler Luke Bateman’s sensational Senate testimony hurled him into the news on Monday, accusing unnamed industry officials of unconscionable conduct and eliciting strenuous corporate denials.

But the two-day inquiry into the Albanese government’s new gambling-ad legislation was at least as revealing for who didn’t turn up. And for what wasn’t, and isn’t, being…

Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU