According to an Australian judge, casinos should be sure where the customers’ money comes from. From NineMSN:
Crown Casino should either ensure money from big spenders is legitimate or be forced to compensate victims of crime for ill-gotten gains gambled by criminals, a Victorian judge says.
County Court Judge Frank Dyett made the remarks as he sentenced Heather MacNeil-Brown, 63, to six years’ jail – with a minimum non-parole period of four years – for embezzling almost $1 million from the Australian branch of global consulting and accountancy firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
…Judge Dyett said MacNeil-Brown initially spent the proceeds of crime at small pokies venues in Melbourne but from 2002, most of the money was lost at Crown Casino.
He said MacNeil-Brown was a frequent guest at the casino’s Mahogany Room for high rollers.
“Cases of this sort, which are increasing in number, call for consideration of legislation which would put the onus on Crown Casino and other gaming venues to make reasonable inquiries to ensure that large sums of money continually being lost by regular customers, as in this instance, are emanating from legitimate sources,” Judge Dyett said.
“In default of such inquiries, a civil liability should be imposed by legislation upon these venues to reimburse the victims of crimes of this nature.”
How do you do that? Make gamblers provide W4s? Or just flat out ask them if they’ve stolen the money? I’m guessing this won’t get very far.