MONA Founder Makes Millions From Gambling: Now Calls It ‘Immoral’

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David Walsh is the driving force behind MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, reports Leigh Sales of the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC). 

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And Walsh has also made millions from gambling over his lifetime.

Today, there appears to be regrets as he now calls gambling “immoral”.

In Walsh’s new book “Bone of Fact”, he discusses everything from sex to gambling to death.

In a candid interview, Walsh tells Sales: “I think it's mostly immoral, from the point of view of the service provider and I think poker machines are an abomination.”

A self-proclaimed “rabid atheist”, two years ago Walsh was involved in a dispute with the Australian Tax Office, which demanded he pay $37 million from the profits of his gambling system.  That dispute was resolved only months later.

- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com

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