Australian billionaire James Packer, who owns 50% of BetFair Australia (thru PBL), has quit the Church of Scientology.

ABC 20/20 featuring InTrade on May 9, 2008 — 10:00 pm ET James Lemieux, whom Koleman Strumpf plugged to us, is a marketing professor researching on, among others, “decision analysis”. Quite on target. Take a look at his website by right-clicking on the image posted below.

Australian billionaire James Packer, who owns 50% of BetFair Australia (thru PBL), has quit the Church of Scientology.

Chris F. Masse May 9th, 2008

The Sydney Morning Herald:

However, observers suggest Mr Packer’s expanding casino empire has presented issues difficult to reconcile with Scientologist beliefs. Scientology’s founder, the science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, denounced gambling. “An obsessive gambler is a psychotic just like a drug addict or an alcoholic,” Hubbard wrote in 1977.

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Tags: BetFair Australia, Church of Scientology, Gambling, James Packer, L. Ron Hubbard, PBL

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