{"id":14766,"date":"2021-02-16T15:09:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T15:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=14766"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:47:20","slug":"crown-resorts-officially-unsuitable-to-hold-casino-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-officially-unsuitable-to-hold-casino-licence","title":{"rendered":"Crown Resorts officially unsuitable to hold casino licence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The New South Wales regulator, the ILGA, has notified the casino operator of its official verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has officially declared Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold a state licence<\/strong> for its Crown Sydney casino following.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official notification, which has been sent in a letter to Crown, follows the recommendation of Commissioner Patricia Bergin\u2019s report<\/strong><\/a><\/em>, which was published last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letter states that the ILGA considers that under section 143 of the\u00a0Casino Control Act 1992\u00a0<\/em>(NSW), the local subsidiary Crown Sydney Gaming is no longer a suitable holder for the Restricted Gaming Licence for its US$2.4bn casino development in Sydney’s US$2.4bn Barangaroo district <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the ILGA has stated that the operator has \u201cevery prospect\u201d of reaching suitability\u00a0if it cooperates with the regulator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s made a step in that direction, with Helen Coonan\u00a0stepping in as executive chairman on an interim basis after CEO Ken Barton resigned<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, following in the steps of Guy Jalland, Michael Johnston, and Andrew Demetriou<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ILGA has said the company must perform “full and wide-ranging forensic audit”<\/strong> of all accounts to ensure no connections with “criminal elements”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its report also recommended a compliance audit<\/strong> to ensure that any changes promised by Crown are carried through.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The New South Wales regulator, the ILGA, has notified the casino operator of its official verdict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":14768,"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 New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has officially deemed Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold a Restricted Gaming Licence for its Crown Sydney casino, citing findings from the Bergin report and concerns regarding criminal elements. While the ILGA has outlined a path to suitability through cooperation, a comprehensive forensic audit, and compliance verification, this verdict necessitates significant governance and operational restructuring, including recent executive resignations and interim appointments.","focusai_entities":"Crown Resorts, Crown Sydney Gaming, New South Wales Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), Patricia Bergin, Helen Coonan, Ken Barton, Guy Jalland, Michael Johnston, Andrew Demetriou","focusai_location":"Australia, New South Wales, Sydney, Barangaroo","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ILGA Suitability Path","query":"What specific, measurable governance and operational reforms must Crown Resorts implement to satisfy the ILGA's conditions for regaining suitability for its Restricted Gaming Licence?"},{"label":"Market Impact","query":"How will the ILGA's conditional unsuitability ruling for Crown Sydney impact the competitive landscape and regulatory scrutiny for other licensed casino operators in the Australian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28,158],"tags":[14657],"class_list":["post-14766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","category-slider-home","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766","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=14766"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14804,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14766\/revisions\/14804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}