Jake Linardos in court for cashing in Rabbitohs star Beau Champion's betting slip

Jake Linardos, 25, has been charged with obtaining a financial advantage by deception for cashing in a ticket he found at the Doncaster Hotel in Kensington in August 2020. He found a $9,787 betting slip and held onto it for a few days before cashed it in at a different pub.

Jake Linardos was charged with obtaining a financial advantage by deception after cashing in a $9,787 betting slip at the Doncaster Hotel in Kensington in August 2020. The slip belonged to former South Sydney Rabbitohs star Beau Champion. Mr Champion was found out by the pub's CCTV. He was acquitted by a jury at a Sydney District Court. However, police are still pursuing the matter. Linards will face trial in February. He can't give the money back because he has to pay his lawyers. It's all gone now. His lawyers said there was no deception as to the ownership of the bet because it had no identification on it.