How betting companies lured Luke Bateman into gambling more Natassia Chrysanthos Updated August 3, 2026 — 3:34pm ,first published 10:01am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Luke Bateman during a hearing on Monday into Labor’s gambling bill. AdvertisementTheir evidence aimed to pressure senators into strengthening Labor’s contentious gambling package, which does not ban betting inducements, despite full prohibition being recommended by the 2023 Murphy report. AdvertisementTAB and Star Casino did not respond to requests for comment, but betting companies and peak body Responsible Wagering Australia will address the inquiry on Tuesday. “But during that period where I stopped gambling and I had closed an account, I would be targeted, contacted by the gambling companies to reopen [an] account again with inducements and incentives.”