George Ziziros Walker

[4] Started as a baccarat club, largely catering to ethnic clientele, by the late 1960s it had been transformed into an fully functioning casino.

It was reported that roulette finished at 2 a.m. when green metal money boxes were transferred from the tables to a back-room; blackjack proceeded until dawn.

That same year, two police raids on the Goulburn Club in April and May resulted in over 100 arrests and more than $100,000 in cash and gaming equipment being confiscated.

In 1978, following a crackdown on illegal casinos in Sydney, where almost all had been shut down, George Ziziros Walker soon became involved with Stan Biggs and Peter Stewart Nelson, who founded the Pine Lodge in Canberra.

The two had plants to convert Pine Lodge into a gambling house by attaining the necessary license, as Walker was looking to expand his business to the ACT, seeking to invest in a new venture, backed by $800,000, alleged to have come from organized crime syndicates in the United States through Lenny McPherson.