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Crown casino faces NYE strike amid pay dispute

Partygoers' New Year's Eve celebrations are set to be thrown into chaos as hundreds of workers at Australia's largest casino strike over a pay dispute.

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Crown fined $2 million over self-exclusion breaches

Crown Melbourne has been fined $2 million over self-exclusion breaches but the regulator has accepted the failures weren't deliberate or reckless.

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‘Very different’ Crown Resorts can keep licence to run Melbourne casino

Victorian gambling watchdog says company has addressed failings identified in royal commission but action will be taken ‘if there is any regression to old Crown’

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Crown strikes called off as workers accept new offer

Thousands of Crown Melbourne workers have accepted a new company pay offer ahead of a proposed strike, with the stand-off going down to the wire.

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Crown casino workers set to strike before Melbourne Cup

Work stoppages are planned by Crown casino workers ahead of the Melbourne Cup following months of negotiations for better pay and conditions.

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Crown cops $20m fine for ‘improper’ casino tax claims

Crown Melbourne has been fined $20 million for improperly claiming tax deductions and trying to conceal their nature, in another blow for the casino giant.

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Casino tax claims and cover-up land Crown $20m fine

Crown Melbourne has been fined $20 million for wrongly claiming tax deductions and trying to conceal their nature in another blow for the casino giant.

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Crown Casino's bank cheque practice likely 'resulted in criminal infiltration', gambling watchdog finds

Crown Casino is fined $30 million by Victoria's gambling watchdog for allowing punters to cash bank cheques made out to themselves, exacerbating gambling harm and likely aiding "criminal infiltration by money launderers".

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Crown Melbourne handed record $120 million fine for breaching gambling harm regulations

Crown Melbourne has been ordered to pay $120 million in fines after the gambling regulator found it failed to prevent gambling-related harm to patrons, who were sometimes allowed to gamble for more than 24 hours at a time.

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Crown Melbourne facing more sanctions

Victoria's gambling regulator has started disciplinary proceedings against Crown Melbourne over the alleged swapping of blank cheques for gambling chips.

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Victorian government introduces reforms for Crown Melbourne amid calls for pre-commitment rules to apply statewide

New laws will require people who gamble to pre-commit to losses and time spent on poker machines at Melbourne's Crown Casino, as part of reforms following a royal commission, but advocates say the change should apply to all pokie venues.

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Crown Perth clean-up remains unclear after royal commission report as Blackstone takeover looms

As corporate equity giant Blackstone moves a step closer to its takeover of Crown Resorts, the WA government is keeping its cards close to its chest about how it plans to address money laundering, criminal infiltration and problem gambling at the Perth casino.

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Watchdogs approve $8.9b takeover of Crown

Victoria and NSW casino watchdogs have approved Blackstone's $8.9 billion takeover of Crown, but Western Australia still needs to sign off on deal.

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Crown Melbourne hit with record $80m fine

Crown Melbourne has been fined a record $80 million over a scheme that allowed the illegal transfer of funds from China.

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Crown Melbourne facing $100m fines

Victoria's new gambling and casino commission has started disciplinary proceedings against Crown Melbourne, which could lead to fines of up to $100 million.

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