Newfoundland Injury Law Blog

Governments Sues Bill Murray to Recover Money Stolen to Feed VLTs

A $500 a day VLT habit!

Almost lost among the ugly details the press has reported about Bill Murray's guilty plea to theft of an estimated $400,000, is the fact that most of the money went into VLTs.  At a rate of $500 a day, $180,000 a year.

Looks to me like Murray might have a defence to the government's lawsuit - the government already has the money!  Let's see how this works.  Murray steals from the taxpayer; VLTs run by Atlantic Lotto steal the money from Murray; the government takes the VLT money from Atlantic Lotto; the government sues Murray to recover the stolen money, which was poured into VLTS, which was paid to the government ... and so on.

Who are they trying to kid?

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