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Mayfair casino Aspinall’s warns on ability to stay afloat amid questions over parent company

Crown Resorts faces reviews from Australian watchdogs in the wake of money laundering claims at its casinos in the country

Evening Standard

‘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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Scott Morrison, man-o’-war

Liberal backbencher and former PM Scott Morrison says he went to Israel because ‘Jewish Australians need to know that their cause is a right one’, and Qantas, Virgin and Crown Resorts paid no corporate tax in 2021-22 but mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP were some of the biggest corporate…

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Australian casino group fined US$290m for lax controls

SYDNEY: Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of A$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases.

Bangkok Post

Crown Resorts and AUSTRAC agree to $450 million fine over money laundering breaches

Crown Resorts and government financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC agree to a $450 million penalty over historical non-compliance with Australia's anti-money laundering laws.

ABC News

Crown Resorts investigating potential data breach after being contacted by hacking group

Crown Resorts confirms it is investigating a potential global data breach after it was contacted by a hacker group that claims to have obtained company files.

ABC News

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Crown Casino offers sponsorship to Victorian AFL clubs that have vowed to refuse gambling cash

Disgraced casino operator Crown Resorts is offering sponsorship deals to multiple AFL clubs that could see them abandon a pledge not to accept money from gambling companies.

ABC News

Despite reform push, Labor is still married to the gambling industry

Much-needed reform to Australia’s gambling industry saw positive signs in 2022, yet Labor still has its fingers in the cookie jar.

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Vic's Crown put on notice after $120m fine

Melbourne's Crown Casino has vowed to implement significant changes after being given 15 months to improve its gambling practices.

AAP

Indian cricket star Virat Kohli livid over hotel room video

Batsman slams invasion of privacy after footage of his belongings in Perth hotel appeared online.

Al Jazeera

Virat Kohli: India captain slams ‘appalling’ breach of privacy after apparent stranger filmed in hotel room

Virat Kohli has condemned an “appalling” breach of privacy which has left him “very paranoid” after a stranger appeared to film themselves in the India batter’s hotel room.

Evening Standard

India star Virat Kohli ‘very paranoid’ after ‘appalling’ breach of privacy at hotel

Kohli was not present when the incident occurred but shared on Instagram a video first posted elsewhere of what seems someone filming the former India captain’s room and possessions

The Independent UK

Virat Kohli condemns ‘appalling’ breach of privacy at Perth hotel

Crown Resorts is conducting an investigation and has stood down “the individuals involved”.

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The Conversation

Pubs and clubs – your friendly neighbourhood money-laundering service, thanks to 86,640 pokies

Billions of dollars in proceeds of crime are being funnelled through clubs and pubs in New South Wales, according to the NSW Crime Commission. Predictably, the industry is claiming it’s not an issue and solutions are too difficult.

The Conversation

Star Sydney suspension: how do casino operators found so unfit get to keep their licences?

How low does a casino operator in Australia have to go before it loses its gaming licence?

The Guardian - AU

NSW casino regulator defends decision not to revoke Star’s licence and instead issue $100m fine

The NSW Independent Casino Commission says taking away the licence would have meant thousands of employees out of work overnight

ABC News

Inquiries have found casinos facilitated money laundering and consorted with criminals — so why haven’t there been charges for executives or directors?

Australia's largest casino groups have been found "unsuitable" to hold licences due to allegations of money laundering and consorting with criminal gangs. But no individuals have faced consequences.

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Now Sydney has two casinos run by companies unfit to hold a gaming licence

Sydney now has two casinos run by companies deemed unfit to hold a gaming licence.

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James Packer to Crikey: I should have driven Sportsbet’s multibillion-dollar rise

What keeps James Packer up at night? Apparently a ‘failing’ that it wasn’t him and Crown that built a now foreign-owned gambling giant.

The Guardian - AU

Casino regulator launches investigation into Crown Resorts for providing credit to gamble

Royal commission found bank and blank cheques had been exchanged for chips at Crown in Melbourne in breach of restrictions

The New Daily

Australia’s problem gambling capital is looking for more pokies, and here’s who profits

You may suspect the last thing a socially-challenged town like Alice Springs needs is more gambling machines, but that’s just what is proposing.

The Conversation

Crown Sydney casino opens – another beacon for criminals looking to launder dirty money

Crown Resorts’ striking new A$2 billion casino on Sydney’s Barangaroo Point opens its doors to gamblers for the first time this week. But only if they are “VIPs”.

ABC News

Afterpay's founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar are Australia's highest-paid CEOs

Afterpay's co-CEOs and founders Anthony Eisen and Nick Molnar are Australia's highest-paid executives, collecting a combined $264.2 million – together they earn more than 2,800 times the full-time average wage.

ABC News

Crown's Sydney casino to deliver $100m in extra tax revenue for NSW government in first year, experts say

Experts say the gambling floors in Sydney’s tallest skyscraper will not deliver as much as once hoped for the state's economy, with its major high-roller market all but gone.

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