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Sportsbet

Australian online sports betting company

Australia · Coroner rules gambling addiction 'direct and paramount cause' of young man's suicide, rejects Sportsbet defence

Victorian Coroner Paul Lawrie has found that an online gambling addiction was the 'direct and paramount' causative factor in the suicide of 22-year-old Kyle Hudson, delivering a devastating rebuke to wagering giant Sportsbet. The coroner rejected the company's argument that Hudson was not a problem gambler, describing its defence as 'chilling' given repeated missed warnings and hundreds of targeted inducements.