Authorities wanted to seize prizes, lottery trial told
Authorities, high -profile businessman Adrian Portelli said the hearing.
The 36 -year -old Portelli from Melbourne was executed or assisted by a illegal lottery execution of an illegal lottery at the SA at the Adelaide Magistrate Criminal Court or the work under the name of LMCT+.
The charges of SA provoked by consumer and business services claim that Portelli’s work has not received 10 lottery executive licenses between January 29, 2023 and 16 May 2024.
On Thursday, the court watched the videos of Mr. Portelli for awards, including houses, including the TV series The Block, Luxury cars and boats and cash awards.
In any case, the winners came from South Australia.
Murugan Tangaraj SC said that for Mr. Portelli, with the revised information stated at the opening address of the prosecution, it was taken with surprise ”.
“We understood that we were dealing with the standard lottery accusation from the original information,” he said.
“Reviewed information and statements have combined the trading promotional lottery… The prosecution was clearly only related to standard lottery, and now he says it contains both.”
“Does reviewed information clearly include standard lottery and trade promotion?” He said.
In a letter “stop and give up” sent to the company, Mr. Tangaraj said, “The commissioner gives an extraordinary position: ‘I ask you to contact any Southern Australians who won the prize in the promotion to inform the prize that the prize is illegal because the surgery is illegal.
“The commissioner says that any Southern Australian winning awards should return… Because you didn’t have a license.
“These people, to say that the effects of life changing on South Australians should be removed from them, the proposal of the commissioner.”
Stephanie Wilson, for the liquor and gambling commissioner, said that the prosecution was given commercial promotional licenses up to a certain point in SA, but two applications for certain licenses were rejected by the commissioner in May and June 2021.
“(Prosecutor’s Office) position, these are trade promotional lottery or standard lottery, and whether previous lottery is licensed or licensed is illegal lottery,” he said.
Mr. Portelli’s company offers subscriptions to a “Rewards Club en with entrances to win automobiles and property.
In accordance with the SA Law, any commercial presentation with awards exceeding $ 5000 needs a license to operate and the entrances must be free.
Portelli outside the court said that his company has given more than $ 120 million to his customers.
“There were many companies trying to multiply our business model because they saw their success,” he said.
“Some people didn’t do the right one, and I think (CBS) was just easier to pull the plug.”
Each of the 19 crimes punishes a maximum of $ 10,000.
Mr. Portelli said that if he is convicted on social media, he would be rolling up to $ 200,000 ”.
Magistrates of Melonie Burton reserved the decision.
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