{"id":15147,"date":"2021-02-24T14:57:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T14:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15147"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:35:14","slug":"premium-player-activity-banned-at-crown-perth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/premium-player-activity-banned-at-crown-perth","title":{"rendered":"Premium player activity banned at Crown Perth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The GWC has prohibited Crown Perth from conducting any junket, premium or privileged player activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Western Australian regulator, The Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC), has prohibited Crown Resorts from running <strong>high-roller activities<\/strong> at its Perth casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown Perth\u00a0will be <strong>unable to participate in junkets<\/strong> or allow <strong>non-residents <\/strong>to receive premium or privileged service in exchange for high-value table playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company previously had arrangements to <strong>pay commission<\/strong>, or provide transport, accommodation, food, drink or entertainment, based on customer turnover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision comes shortly after the<strong> Victorian Government <\/strong>announced it would establish a <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/royal-commission-to-probe-crown-melbourne-suitability\" target=\"_blank\">Royal Commission to look into Crown&#8217;s Melbourne casino<\/a><\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GWC has prohibited Crown Perth from conducting any junket, premium or privileged player activity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15149,"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 Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC) has prohibited Crown Perth from conducting high-roller activities, including junkets and premium services for non-residents. This regulatory action restricts commission-based incentives and luxury provisions tied to customer turnover. The decision follows the Victorian Government's establishment of a Royal Commission into Crown's Melbourne casino, signaling heightened scrutiny across Crown Resorts' operations.","focusai_entities":"GWC, Gaming and Wagering Commission, Crown Perth, Crown Resorts, Victorian Government","focusai_location":"Australia, Perth, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Crown Perth?","query":"What is the projected GGR impact on Crown Perth's premium gaming verticals following the junket and privileged player prohibition?"},{"label":"Crown Resorts Market Valuation?","query":"How will this regulatory action and the ongoing Royal Commission impact Crown Resorts' market valuation and investor confidence?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[20215,23911],"class_list":["post-15147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-crown-perth","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147","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=15147"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15174,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15147\/revisions\/15174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}