19名数学家组团赌博 3年赢156亿人民币

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They are the mathematical geniuses who have beaten the odds on the world’s racecourses and poker tables, making tens of millions of dollars to fund lavish lifestyles.
Some of the fortunes of the mysterious Punters’ Club have been spent on creating personal art museums and installing sushi bars and tenpin bowling alleys in their palatial homes.
The Herald Sun today can lift the lid on the secretive group, identifying all 19 members who collectively make a reported $50 million profit from $2 billion worth of bets placed annually.
The success of the Punters’ Club has come to the attention of the Australian Tax Office, which claims the professional nature of the group means the usual rule that gambling winnings are tax-exempt does not apply. In fact, it says, the club is liable for $900 million in unpaid tax.
Three Punters’ Club members have vowed to fight the claim, insisting they have nothing to hide.
Early last month, Tasmanian gambler David Walsh quietly contested his $37 million tax bill in the Federal Court after he was slapped with a revised assessment for 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Next, Tasmanian poker player and businessman George Mamacas followed suit. And on June 29, the king of the Punters’ Club, another former Tasmanian, Zeljko Ranogajec, put his head above the parapet.
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Most of the original club members are aged between 47 and 50 and met studying mathematics at the University of Tasmania.
Court documents have revealed the names of all 19 members, and that 14 of them have been audited by the ATO, mainly for their income in 2006, when the club had a turnover of more than $2.4 billion.
Almost all are relatively unknown.
Those with some sort of profile include Eddie Malovnek, 47, of Bellerive, Tasmania, who works in video and audio production; reclusive Gold Coast investor and mathematician Duncan Turpie, who bankrolls online political journal newmatilda.com; Phillip Turner, a professional gambler from Sandy Bay, Tasmania; South Australian David Steicke, 49, a professional Hong Kong-based poker player; and Ray Gatt, 50, who owns the Eden Springs Winery in SA’s Eden Valley.
Mr Ranogajec has the most to win - or lose - as he is believed to hold the largest stake in the Punters’ Club.


据澳大利亚《先驱太阳报》7月8日报道，一个名叫“庞特俱乐部”的“高智商”赌博集团，由19名澳大利亚天才数学家组成，年龄均在47至50岁之间。据悉，澳大利亚媒体仅披露了其中部分人的身份，包括一名以香港为基地的49岁南澳大利亚扑克高手大卫·斯泰基、以及3名澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚岛的职业赌客大卫·瓦尔士、乔治·马马卡斯以及泽尔吉克·拉诺嘎杰克。
这19名数学家中的大部分人，多年前在澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚大学修读数学专业时就已认识，此后就成了关系密切的“铁哥们”。2004年，这19名数学家竟组成了一个“高智商”赌博集团，利用他们对数学的专业知识，在世界各国的赌场和博彩业疯狂赌博！
据悉，19名数学家参与的大多是赛马、赛狗以及21点之类的赌博项目。而每次下注之前，他们会利用自己所精通的专业数学方法对各种中奖的概率进行推理演算，从而研究出某种“逢赌必赢”的秘笈！
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从2004年到2006年期间，19名数学家每年投注额达20亿澳元，而在短短3年时间里，堪称“十赌九赢”的他们竟总计赢取了超过24亿澳元(约156亿人民币)，令他们全都摇身变成了超级富翁！过去几年来，这个“高智商”赌博集团里的所有成员全都过着无比奢华的生活，他们不仅住着价值千万的豪宅，而且豪宅内甚至还有私人艺术馆、私人保龄球场！
不久前，“庞特俱乐部”这19名数学家在赌场上的惊人成功以及他们的奢华生活引起澳大利亚税务局的注意，并对他们展开了秘密调查。调查人员发现，尽管19名数学家总计赢取了超过24亿澳元，但他们却几乎从未为这些巨额意外收入交过税。他们逃税金额可能高达9亿澳元！
目前“庞特俱乐部”中至少3名成员——澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚岛的职业赌客大卫·瓦尔士、乔治·马马卡斯以及泽尔吉克·拉诺嘎杰克正在接受调查，并收到了巨额税单。尽管3人均称他们并无任何隐瞒收入、偷税行为，但澳大利亚税务局已分别向法院对这3人提起诉讼，并要求他们必须补缴9亿澳元税款。据悉，如果税务局胜诉，将首开澳大利亚向“专业赌客”征税的先例。
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