AdvertisementExclusive SportNRLGambling Luke Bateman took money from fiancée’s bank while she slept, to feed gambling habit Chris Barrett Updated August 6, 2026 — 8:59pm ,first published 6:10pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Luke Bateman played 71 games for the Raiders between 2015 and 2018. Bateman denied that when contacted by this masthead – “I never used it as collateral to raise money for gambling” – but admitted selling the ring after their relationship ended. “She was in a relationship with a gambling addict, she knew she was in a relationship with a gambling addict, and she gave that person money,” Bateman said. Bateman told the Senate hearing this week betting company inducements had destroyed his life because “that’s what kept you coming back”.