{"id":17465,"date":"2021-05-03T15:22:35","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T15:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17465"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:53:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:53:15","slug":"australian-support-service-wants-crown-perth-opening-hours-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australian-support-service-wants-crown-perth-opening-hours-reduced","title":{"rendered":"Australian support service wants Crown Perth opening hours reduced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WA Relationships Australia also wants Crown Perth to include warning signs as well as clocks and natural light to avoid gamblers losing track of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.-\u00a0Michael Sheenan<\/strong>, executive director of the relationships support service WA Relationships Australia, has called on Western Australia’s Royal Commission<\/strong>\u00a0probe <\/strong>into\u00a0<\/strong>Crown Perth<\/a>\u00a0to reduce the casino’s opening hours\u00a0<\/strong>and enforce the introduction of warning signs, similar to those on cigarette packets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WA Relationships Australia provides relationship support services<\/strong>\u00a0for individuals, families and communities and works closely with\u00a0people who struggle with gambling problems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to ABC newspaper, Sheehan said\u00a0the WA Government invest more in public awareness campaigns\u00a0<\/strong>and that Crown Perth should incorporate clocks and natural light to avoid gamblers losing track of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said: “A lot of\u00a0problem gamblers who get hooked in<\/strong>\u00a0and lose a lot of money.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western Australia’s Royal Commission<\/strong>\u00a0will decide if Crown Resorts is suitable to continue holding a casino gaming licence for\u00a0Crown Perth<\/a>. It expects to deliver an\u00a0internal report by June 30 and a final report by November 14<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To\u00a0help people with gambling addiction problems<\/strong>,\u00a0the\u00a0Australian bank Westpac<\/a>\u00a0has recently announced the release of an app to block online gambling transactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WA Relationships Australia also wants Crown Perth to include warning signs as well as clocks and natural light to avoid gamblers losing track of time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17471,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"WA Relationships Australia has urged Western Australia's Royal Commission to mandate stricter responsible gambling measures for Crown Perth, including reduced operating hours, prominent warning signs, and environmental modifications like clocks and natural light. These recommendations are part of the ongoing probe into Crown Perth's suitability to retain its casino gaming license, with the Commission's final report expected by November 14.","focusai_entities":"WA Relationships Australia, Crown Perth, Michael Sheenan, Western Australia's Royal Commission, Crown Resorts, Westpac","focusai_location":"Australia, Western Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), product_ux (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Royal Commission Impact","query":"What specific financial and operational impacts are anticipated for Crown Resorts if the Western Australia Royal Commission adopts WA Relationships Australia's recommendations for Crown Perth?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might the Western Australia Royal Commission's final determination regarding Crown Perth's license and responsible gambling mandates influence regulatory compliance expectations for other gaming verticals and operators across Australia?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[20215,23907],"class_list":["post-17465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news","tag-crown-perth","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17465","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=17465"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17493,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17465\/revisions\/17493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}