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Crown Casino in Melbourne fined $1 million over junket operations
Crown Casino has been hit with a $1 million fine for failing to vet foreign high rollers and scrutinise junket operators, some of whom have links to organised crime gangs.
Key points:
- The fine is the maximum penalty available and reflects the seriousness of the breach
- The commission found Crown failed to keep the necessary records relating to junkets
- The VCGLR said the processes were necessary to keep the casino free from criminal influence
Junket operators bring high rollers from mainland Asia to Australia to gamble, and some have been linked to organised crime.
Crown was required to implement a “robust process” to consider the ongoing probity of the operators.
The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) said Crown…
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