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The Preston Hotel fined $15,000 for allowing teen to gamble $2,500 as court hears extent of his addiction
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A 16-year-old Melbourne boy was able to gamble nearly $100,000, including at suburban pubs, despite his mother desperately seeking help, a court has heard.
The Melbourne magistrates court heard that when his mother discovered his gambling habits, she began a frantic mission to get him help, only to be repeatedly turned away.
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