{"id":12831,"date":"2020-12-17T21:41:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T21:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12831"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:05:36","slug":"crown-melbourne-review-brought-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-melbourne-review-brought-forward","title":{"rendered":"Crown Melbourne review brought forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The state of Victoria has called for the casinos next review to be brought forward after the revelation of failings at an inquity in New South Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Victoria state gambling and liquor regulator has brought forward its review of Crown Resorts\u2019 Melbourne casino in light of irregularities revealed during New South Wales&#8217; investigation into the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Victoria government said in a release: \u201cIn light of recent evidence heard in the ongoing Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) inquiry in New South Wales, the government will bring forward the next review to examine Crown\u2019s licence suitability in Victoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe ILGA Inquiry will hand down its findings in February 2021, but there is a need for immediate response in Victoria given concerning evidence presented throughout the course of the NSW investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ILGA carried out a hearing into Crown&#8217;s fitness to operate as a result of a 2016 incident in which 19 officials went to jail for promoting gambling in China, where it is illegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation shone a light on other irregularities, such as the operator helping Chinese high rollers with known links to organised crime to get visas to enter Australia and play at local casinos. it also let players use unsupervised bank accounts in the operator&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ILGA is currently considering if Crown Resorts is fit to keep the casino licence for its new Barangaroo property. The decision is due in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the Victoria state government has asked the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) to bring forward its scheduled seventh review of the Melbourne casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last review of this property was concluded in 2018, but the new procedure will look into the \u201csuitability of Crown Melbourne Limited to hold the casino licence in Victoria.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government said a dedicated commissioner will be appointed to the VCGLR to carry out the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown said it has been working with Victoria regulators and will continue cooperating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown said: \u201cThe VCGLR will report its findings to the Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation (Minister) in 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, Crown plans to open the non-gaming areas of Crown Sydney <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-sydney-to-open-non-gaming-areas\" target=\"_blank\">on December 28<\/a><\/em><\/strong> after gaining a provisional liquor licence from the ILGA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state of Victoria has called for the casinos next review to be brought forward after the revelation of failings at an inquity in New South Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12833,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The state of Victoria has expedited its review of Crown Resorts' Melbourne casino license, prompted by revelations of significant compliance failings during an ongoing Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) inquiry in New South Wales. The inquiry highlighted issues including illegal gambling promotion in China, facilitation of high rollers with organized crime links, and the use of unsupervised bank accounts, raising critical questions about Crown's suitability to hold its operational licenses.","focusai_entities":"Crown Resorts, Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR)","focusai_location":"Victoria, New South Wales, Melbourne, Barangaroo, Australia, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.97), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown's Financial Impact?","query":"What are the specific financial implications for Crown Resorts' capital structure and operational expenditure if the Victorian review mirrors NSW's findings and imposes similar sanctions or license conditions?"},{"label":"Inter-State Regulatory Harmonization?","query":"How will this intensified inter-state regulatory scrutiny influence the development and harmonization of B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks and governance standards across Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[289,14657],"class_list":["post-12831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-australia","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12831"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12851,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12831\/revisions\/12851"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}