Star Entertainment Group was put on notice this week that it will have to prove why it should run casinos in Queensland, casting a shadow over its $3.6 billion Queen's Wharf development in the heart of Brisbane.
A show-cause process will now get underway, with the state government to then decide how it will deal with Star.
It has raised a lot of questions about Star's future in Queensland and what this all means for the expansive development in Brisbane's CBD, due to partly open late next year.