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The Gambling Commission has reserved its decision on whether Dunedin Casino should have its licence suspended after a woman allegedly gambled away millions of dollars there.


The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) applied to the commission for the casino's licence to be suspended after Christine Keenan allegedly gambled away $6.6 million at the casino over a three year period.

Gambling Act requires casinos to have a policy for identifying problem gamblers, offering them advice and ultimately banning them for up to two years.

The commission can suspend a casino's licence for up to six months.

Final submissions were delivered to the four-person commission by DIA and the casino this morning before the decision was reserved.

The commission was told in August that Keenan gambled away $6.6 million from 2001 to 2004, when she was jailed for three years after being convicted of stealing more than $500,000 from her employer.

She sold her house, used the money from her marriage settlement, spent her inheritance, and stole from her employer.

She lost an average of $30,000 a month the year before she was arrested in August 2004.

Ms Keenan was contributing "at least 10 per cent" of the casino's annual profit, the hearing was told.

When the hearing resumed on Tuesday, the casino's former general manager Rod Woolley said Keenan did not exhibit the characteristics of a problem gambler.

She did not display signs common to problem gamblers, like agitation after losing, a trance-like state while playing and deterioration in appearance.

The casino's security and surveillance manager, Geoff Purdon, said he knew Keenan before she began going to the casino as their children went to the same school.

But he said he was not aware of any evidence to suggest that her gambling was causing harm to her or anyone else.

He thought Keenan was a wealthy woman and did not query her about her personal life.

A spokesman for the commission said a decision could take four to six weeks.





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