Brendan Parker, 37, pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates' Court to 32 charges of obtaining financial advantage by deception in relation to offending that spanned seven months.

The court heard the victim's partner accidentally left her wallet, containing the victim's card, at a Strathdale car wash.

The victim contacted his bank and reported it missing, but the bank issued a new card with the same details, meaning the old card was still valid.

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Parker, who worked as a stablehand, linked the card to his TAB account.

Between November 21, 2016 and June 23, 2017, he used it to deposit a total of $4135 into his account.

Some days he used the card more than once to transfer money into his account.

TAB removed the card from Parker's account on June 26, 2017 after receiving a disputed transaction notice from the victim's bank.

In August that same year, police applied for a warrant to access Parker's TAB account's history.

"I take it you wouldn't be here if gambling was not an issue?" Magistrate Patrick Southey asked Parker, to which he said yes.

Mr Southey convicted Parker and sentenced him to a 12-month community corrections order, during which time he was ordered to undertake any counselling or treatment for gambling as required.

Parker was also ordered to pay a $1000 fine plus costs, as well as compensation of $4135.

Mr Southey said if it weren't for Parker's guilty plea, he would have faced a lengthier community corrections order and a larger fine.

"They're serious offences of dishonesty," Mr Southey said.

Note: The Brendan Parker who pleaded guilty to these offences is not the same Brendan Parker who works as a chartered accountant.

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