Crown Casino – Crown Resorts can keep its Melbourne casino license but the royal commission has recommended a special manager to oversee operations for the next two years. Photo: Darian Traynor/Getty Images
Crown Resorts will be allowed to keep its license to run Melbourne’s paying casino under new conditions, despite a royal commission finding the company engaged in “illegal, dishonest, unethical and fraudulent practices”.
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In his report tabled in the Victorian Parliament on Tuesday, Commissioner Ray Finkelstein said there was a “significant failure” in the way the Crown was handling anti-money laundering laws and that it was “moving the proceeds of fraud” through a bank account held by the charity.
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But instead of revoking the company’s license, it proposed appointing a special manager to oversee the casino’s operations for the next two years.
The Victorian government has accepted recommendations that the license will be revoked unless the Crown can convince the casino regulator that it has changed in the meantime.
The state government also accepted Finkelstein’s recommendation to significantly increase the fine for breaking casino laws from $1 million. The commissioner recommended 10 million dollars, but the government said it will increase the amount to 100 million dollars.
Laws that force the state to pay compensation to the Crown if it changes casino law in a way that is unfavorable to the company will be removed.
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Finkelstein, a former Supreme Court judge, also revealed that the efforts made by the Victorian Gambling and Liquor Regulation Commission – which is due to lose the task of managing casinos under the changes already announced by the state government – to investigate the Crown were undermined “intentionally. lack of cooperation and honesty on the part of Crown Melbourne and its senior managers”.
“The officers involved in the misconduct had no regard for their moral, ethical and sometimes legal obligations,” and lawyers who knew the Crown wanted to engage in behavior that broke another law “failed to advise the Melbourne Crown not to continue,” he said.
But Finkelstein said he had, “reluctantly”, come to the conclusion that despite Crown’s misconduct, there was a “real risk of significant damage to the Victorian economy and to innocent third parties if Crown Melbourne’s license was revoked”.
He said he also believes “that Crown Melbourne has the will and power to reform itself so that it is fit to hold a casino license and remove the tarnish from its reputation”.
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Among 30 other recommendations, Finkelstein said James Packer’s investment company, Consolidated Press Holdings, should be forced to reduce its 37% stake in Crown to less than 5% by September 2024 after it “abused its position as a major shareholder, which included maintaining significant control over assets.” of the company, although he will step down as chairman in 2018.”
He also proposed significant changes to how casinos are operated and regulated – many of which return the system to the way it was supposed to work when it was launched in the early 1990s.
He said that junks, which bring moneyed rollers from abroad, should be completely banned. Crown suspended the junkers in May and said it has no plans to renew them.
Finkelstein also said that to combat problem gambling, every game should be on the cards and strict deadlines should be put in place.
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In a statement to the stock exchange, the Crown said it was “reviewing the proposal and the Victorian Government’s response”.
“The Crown will also act constructively with the Victorian Government on the report’s findings and recommendations and their response.”
Premier Daniel Andrews launched Finkelstein’s inquiry after an investigation in New South Wales led by former judge Patricia Bergin found the Crown funneled money into its casinos in Melbourne and Perth and that other junkets were involved in organized crime.
Bergin’s investigation followed the release of the Crown Unmasked series, which made a series of serious allegations about the casino company, by Nine Entertainment’s 60 Minutes TV show and its newspapers. Your privacy is important to us, and Crown is committed to protecting your personal data in all areas of its business. Personal information is information or opinions about you.
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Crown also collects personal data where we are required or permitted to do so by Australian law or a court or tribunal, for example, and in particular, pursuant to the Casino Control Act 1991 (Vic), The Casino Control Act 1992 (NSW ), the Casino Control Act 1984 (WA) and Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Act 2006 (Cth).
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