Philip Crawford, head of the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), has said the regulator is open to dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Australia.-\u00a0The head of the New South Wales regulator, the ILGA, has suggested that Crown Resorts may be able to open its new Sydney casino by May despite the operator being deemed unsuitable to hold its licence<\/a><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Philip Crawford said the regulator was open to dialogue with the operator but that it would need to make swift changes to be able to open the new casino in Barangaroo, which had been scheduled to open in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Crown must provide the ILGA with a written action plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said: “We are going to be working very hard with them and we want immediate change in some areas<\/strong>. I expect some areas will take a little bit longer but let\u2019s have a dialogue and let\u2019s see if [Crown] are cooperating.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted that the resignations of Guy Jalland and Michael Johnston<\/strong>, both nominees of founder and majority shareholder James Packer’s holding company, was an encouraging sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He said of the resignations: “That\u2019s great news, that means someone is listening to us<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Philip Crawford, head of the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), has said the regulator is open to dialogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14491,"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 Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has indicated that Crown Resorts may be able to open its Sydney casino by May, despite being deemed unsuitable for a license. This hinges on Crown providing a written action plan and implementing immediate, significant changes to its corporate governance and operational practices. The regulator views recent board resignations as an encouraging sign of cooperation.","focusai_entities":"Philip Crawford, Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority, ILGA, Crown Resorts, Guy Jalland, Michael Johnston, James Packer","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Barangaroo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown's Action Plan Details?","query":"What specific, actionable changes are mandated by the ILGA for Crown Resorts' corporate governance and operational controls to achieve licensing suitability, and what is the timeline for their implementation?"},{"label":"Impact on Market Entry?","query":"How will the conditional opening of Crown Sydney impact the competitive landscape within the New South Wales gaming vertical, and what are the projected GGR and NGR implications for the broader market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[14657,23728],"class_list":["post-14487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-resorts","tag-ilga"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14487","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14487"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14519,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14487\/revisions\/14519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}