Online bookmaker’s offer, one of a series texted during finals, was valid only if customer took up a suggested same-game multi bet

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Australia’s largest online bookmaker texted customers offering a guaranteed share of $1m in bonus bets if they gambled on the morning of the AFL grand final.

The messages were among a series texted to a Victorian man’s phone by Sportsbet during the AFL finals series in an apparent attempt to entice him to gamble more.

Source: Guardian - World News