{"id":15789,"date":"2021-03-12T16:36:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T16:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15789"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:09:13","slug":"wa-gambling-regulator-under-scrutiny-in-crown-resorts-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wa-gambling-regulator-under-scrutiny-in-crown-resorts-probe","title":{"rendered":"WA gambling regulator under scrutiny in Crown Resorts probe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Western Australia\u2019s gambling regulator will be investigated by the state\u2019s Royal Commission after revelations of money laundering at Crown Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <strong>Western Australia\u2019s Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC)<\/strong>will be<strong> scrutinised <\/strong>in the state\u2019s Royal Commission into Crown Resorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Western Australian government<\/strong> has announced <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-perth-licence-under-review-by-wa-royal-commission\" target=\"_blank\">a Royal Commission to examine Crown Resorts&#8217; suitability<\/a><\/em> <\/strong>to continue holding a casino gaming licence for Crown Perth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The terms of reference for the investigation were released today and empower <strong>the Royal Commission<\/strong> to investigate the state\u2019s regulator and its operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Royal Commission will also <strong>analyse how the GWC exercised its powers under relevant state and federal laws<\/strong> and whether the regulator was capable and effective in its duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An<strong> interim report is expected by June 30<\/strong> and a final report with findings and recommendations by November 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Helen Coonan, Crown\u2019s executive chairman, said\u00a0the casino operator would &#8220;fully co-operate <strong>\u00a0<\/strong>in relation to the<strong> Royal Commission<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s gambling regulator will be investigated by the state\u2019s Royal Commission after revelations of money laundering at Crown Perth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15797,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Western Australia's Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC) is under investigation by a Royal Commission, prompted by money laundering allegations at Crown Perth. The inquiry will assess Crown Resorts' suitability for its casino license and scrutinize the GWC's operational effectiveness and exercise of powers under state and federal laws. Interim findings are expected by June 30, with a final report due November 14.","focusai_entities":"Western Australia\u2019s Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC), Crown Resorts, Crown Perth, Helen Coonan","focusai_location":"Australia, Western Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown License Impact","query":"What specific conditions or penalties could the Royal Commission recommend for Crown Resorts' Perth casino license, and what is the projected timeline for their implementation?"},{"label":"GWC Governance Reforms","query":"Beyond Crown, what systemic governance framework reforms or legislative amendments might the Royal Commission propose to enhance the Gaming and Wagering Commission's oversight capabilities and prevent future regulatory failures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,28],"tags":[14657],"class_list":["post-15789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-casino-news","tag-crown-resorts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789","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=15789"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15816,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15789\/revisions\/15816"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}