There has been disappointment voiced over the two-day suspension dished out to Dunedin Casino.
The casino was found guilty of failing to identify and take appropriate action over problem gambler Christine Keenan.
Problem Gambling Foundation CEO John Stansfield is pleased there has been a prosecution in what is a very important landmark case, but he says two days seems like a slap on the hand with a wet bus ticket.
He says the casino benefited to the tune of $500,000 and the shut down will not cost it anywhere near that much.
Stansfield says Keenan, her friends and family, the employer she stole from, and taxpayers who paid for the prosecution, have all been affected by the casino's lack of action.
He says casinos need to know they cannot profit by exploiting people, but he is not sure this sentence sends that message strongly enough.
Stansfield says this is the first case of its kind, but there are more people awaiting trial and he is hopeful the Commission will be a lot tougher with the next case.
Meanwhile staff at the casino are making sure they will not be the losers when their employer is forced to shut.
John Ryall of the Service and Food Workers' Union is confident the casino will pay its staff on these days.
But he says if the employer decides to send workers home without pay, the union will take legal and public action.
