Crown breached its legal,social and moral obligations,resulting in illegal activities,tax avoidance,money laundering,criminal associations and significant harm to vulnerable community members. But it deserves to keep its licence.
Crown employees are being urged to speak out about improper conduct after an investigation was launched into allegations its CEO allowed patrons to gamble even though they had been blocked by security.
The issue was uncovered in the 2021 Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne among voluminous documents that Crown disclosed for other purposes.
The royal commission last year found Crown Resorts was unsuitable to run the state’s casino but gave the operator two years to clean up its act under independent monitoring.
The appointment follows the royal commission into the casino’s operations which recommended a two-year remediation plan.
Punters at Melbourne’s Crown casino will have to set limits on their time and losses before gambling under reforms passed by the Victorian parliament on Tuesday.
Simon McGrath is leaving Crown in September,as the casino operator’s new owner Blackstone gets ready to bring in a replacement with more gaming experience.
Billionaire James Packer caused a stir when he took on Peter Costello. But the Nine chairman is not the only one to receive one of hundreds of emails from the billionaire.
Peter Lawrence,the executive responsible for the Melbourne casino’s room catering to high-rollers,has resigned after giving evidence to last year’s royal commission about corporate governance at the venue.
The pokies cap and other reforms before state parliament were recommended by the royal commission into the casino.
James Packer orchestrated Crown’s billion dollar bet on a Sydney casino,but whether it pays off depends on the casino operator’s new owners.