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NSW parties undecided on telling gambling venues which facial rec to use

Both NSW Labor and Liberal gambling reform packages include using facial recognition technology (FRT), but neither party would confirm the exact vendor technology they plan to use. Opposition leader Chris Minns announced last month that if Labor wins the March election it will mandate FRT at gaming venues. ClubsNSW announced in October last year…
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New Rules in Australian Gambling Market makes Cashless Gaming possible

Sydney's largest casino has supported the Premier's efforts to change the 95000 poker machines that belong to the state. Dominic Perrottet's efforts will lead to the chance for cashless technology. It also leads to an urge for the NSW pubs and clubs to accept the change. The debate that changes gambling world: The debate over the reform was pretty…
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Crown Resorts Sydney finally opens casino floor

Long overdue, the arrival of the Crown Resorts casino in Sydney is finally at hand with the company launching its gaming floors at the Barangaroo property this Monday. It took the property some 18 months after the hospitality business welcomed its first guests to go ahead with the official opening. In the past year and a half, Crown Sydney casino…
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Sydney’s Crown Casino to Reopen to VIPs in August

Sydney's Crown Casino will open its doors in August to VIP visitors only, less than two years after being deemed unfit to hold a gaming licence. The NSW Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) gave Crown the green light to open the Sydney operation last month, saying it would closely monitor the casino's initial operations. Crown described…
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Crown's Sydney casino to deliver $100m in extra tax revenue for NSW government in first year, experts say

Crown's Sydney casino is expected to deliver an extra $100 million in tax revenue to the NSW government in its first year, just a quarter of what its Melbourne venue delivers to Victoria's coffers. Crown was granted a licence to run its Sydney casino earlier this week Experts say the casino will make a quarter of what Crown Melbourne makes Crown…
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Crown's Sydney casino to deliver $100m in extra tax revenue for NSW government in first year, experts say
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Crown Barangaroo’s casino licence is critical to its survival in Sydney

But the world was a very different place in 2012, when Packer unveiled his grand plans with NSW premier Barry O'Farrell, and talkback radio king Alan Jones, providing the backing chorus. The casino mogul was still educating his fellow Crown investors, various state governments, and Australians at large, about the new phenomenon of Chinese tourists…
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Crown Barangaroo’s casino licence is critical to its survival in Sydney
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Crown Sydney: Casino advertises for gaming staff as it prepares for conditional licence at Barangaroo

Crown Resorts has started advertising for gaming table staff for its Sydney casino in preparation for the state government signing off on a strict conditional licence for the gambling giant. The NSW cabinet is expected to consider an agreement between the NSW gaming regulator and Crown as early as Monday to allow it to open its Barangaroo casino…
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Crown Sydney: Casino advertises for gaming staff as it prepares for conditional licence at Barangaroo
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Crown could secure licence to open Barangaroo casino despite being found unfit by gaming regulator last year

Crown Resorts is on the verge of securing a licence to finally open its Sydney casino 15 months after being deemed "unfit" by the NSW gaming regulator. Last year the Bergin inquiry said Crown needed to make sweeping cultural changes if it wanted to be a suitable operator The inquiry investigated incidents of money laundering and links to…
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Crown could secure licence to open Barangaroo casino despite being found unfit by gaming regulator last year
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Star, Crown inquiries: How Australia’s casino industry became so rotten

But while The Star took a holier-than-thou approach to its James Packer-backed rival over the past two years - as three separate state inquiries found Crown unfit to hold casino licences in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth - the evidence heard by the NSW inquiry this past month has shown it was similarly dishonest. The NSW probe, helmed by Adam Bell,…
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Aussie Pub Receives AU$100K Fine over Incitements for Gambling

A pub in Australia was fined last week after an investigation discovered the venue offered incentives for visitors that gambled. A disgruntled general manager at the Rose and Crown Hotel in Parramatta, Greater Western Sydney, Australia tipped the regulator about malpractice at the venue. The tip resulted in an investigation led by the NSW Police in…
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Aussie Pub Receives AU$100K Fine over Incitements for Gambling
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PUB PENALISED FOR GAMBLING INDUCEMENTS

Parramatta's Rose and Crown Hotel has been fined for offering patrons inducements to gamble after a disgruntled general manager reported the pub, sparking a prosecution in which she herself was convicted of stealing $15000. Between 2017 and 2018, staff at the Rose and Crown allowed at least $145000 in credit and debit withdrawals from the bar's…
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Star Casino Manager Fired for Gambling With Staff Money

A gaming manager at The Star Sydney who borrowed over AU$7000 (US$4978) from employees to feed her gambling addiction has lost her job and received a ban from the casino. She will also no longer have the option of working in the industry after the province's gaming regulator revoked her license. borrowed thousands of dollars from her employees Minh…
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NSW's Chief Gambling Regulator Asks for Money Laundering Investigation into Pub Slots

Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority chairman Philip Crawford has recently asked for a complex investigation into the suspicion of money laundering activities unfolding inside non-gaming venues in New South Wales. The alleged money laundering activities would occur through slot machines. Colloquially called the "poker machine capital of…
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New Year Launch in the Cards for Crown’s Sydney Casino

Troubled Australian operator Crown Resorts and its regulatory overseer are working together to launch Crown Sydney's casino in early 2022. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Steven McCann, the new CEO of Australia's Crown Resorts, has said the troubled gaming giant aims to open its Sydney casino in early 2022. At an investor briefing on Monday, McCann said…
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The Star sells Treasury Casino, enters partial leaseback deal with Charter Hall

ustralian casino giant Star Entertainment Group has entered into a sale and partial leaseback agreement with investment and funds management firm Charter Hall in relation to its Treasure Casino and Hotel buildings in Brisbane. Under the terms of the agreement, Charter Hall will acquire the Treasury Hotel and the Treasury Casino buildings, as well…
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Crown Resorts: can a ‘special manager’ clean up Melbourne’s casino?

A royal commission proposal to install a special manager to make sure Crown Resorts' Melbourne casino cleans up its act after years of misconduct will be difficult to implement, experts say. While commissioner Ray Finkelstein's recommendations to tackle problem gambling have been welcomed, governance and gaming experts have questioned the plan to…
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Crown Resorts: can a ‘special manager’ clean up Melbourne’s casino?
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NSW ILGA to Review The Star Sydney Casino Operations

The NSW ILGA has announced a review into the operations of The Star Sydney casino resort. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The New South Wales (NSW) Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has announced a review into the operations of The Star Sydney casino resort. Specifically, the investigation will look at the Star Entertainment-owned casino's…
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Crown Resorts falls to US$191 million loss in FY21 on Melbourne, Sydney casino closures

Troubled Australian casino giant Crown Resorts has reported a loss of AU$261.6 million (U$191.2 million) in the 12 months to 30 June 2021, heavily impacted by COVID-induced property closures and the fallout from regulatory inquiries across three states. Crown saw its revenue plummet 31.3% year-on-year to AU$1.54 billion (U$1.13 billion) in FY21,…
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Crown Resorts falls to US$191 million loss in FY21 on Melbourne, Sydney casino closures
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Sydney Star casino baccarat dealer convicted over $500,000 illegal betting scam

A former baccarat dealer has been convicted for his part in an illegal betting scam in which Sydney's Star casino was cheated out of almost $500000. Hieu Duc Lam was captured on CCTV footage colluding with another employee and a patron in August 2020. The footage showed him peeking and memorising cards to be used in an upcoming game. Once Lam…
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Dealer at Sydney’s Star Casino Convicted for $500,000 Scam

A former baccarat dealer at The Star Casino has been convicted at Sydney's Downing Centre local court for his involvement in an illegal betting scam. Hieu Duc Lam is starting a two-year stretch after pleading guilty to 15 counts of dishonesty, including scamming almost half a million Australian dollars from his employers. He will also carry out 250…
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Crown inquiry LIVE updates: Sydney’s Crown Barangaroo casino not suitable to hold licence, Bergin report finds

If you're just joining us now, here is what you need to know. Today the NSW government tabled the long-awaited report of the Bergin inquiry into Sydney's second casino licence, which is held by the James Packer-backed Crown Resorts. Crown opened its new $2.2 billion complex in Barangaroo in late December, but without the gaming rooms that…
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Crown inquiry LIVE updates: Sydney’s Crown Barangaroo casino not suitable to hold licence, Bergin report finds