{"id":17849,"date":"2021-05-13T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=17849"},"modified":"2026-04-23T19:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:34:33","slug":"ilga-orders-crown-melbourne-to-pay-au22-5m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ilga-orders-crown-melbourne-to-pay-au22-5m","title":{"rendered":"ILGA orders Crown Melbourne to pay AU$22.5m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has fined Crown Melbourne AU$22.5m (US$17.3m) following its inquiry into the casino operator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-melbourne-hit-with-au1m-fine-over-junket-operations\">Crown Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0has been\u00a0<strong>fined AU$22.5m (US$17.3m) by the ILGA<\/strong>. Of that, $12.5m will pay for the regulator&#8217;s inquiry into the casino operator. It must also <strong>pay an annual Casino Supervisory Levy<\/strong>\u00a0of AU$5m in both fiscal year 2021 and fiscal year 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crown Melbourne will also have to<strong>\u00a0pay a levy for fiscal year 2023<\/strong>, but the amount will be subject to further consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company had previously been\u00a0<strong>fined AU$1m (US$777,305)<\/strong>\u00a0for not properly analysing foreign high rollers and their junket operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ILGA chair<strong>\u00a0Philip Crawford has praised changes made at Crown <\/strong>but warned there is still much to do to retain its casino licence for its new Sydney venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Steve McCann<\/strong>\u00a0will step up as CEO of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crown-resorts-announces-steve-mccann-as-new-ceo\">Crown Resorts<\/a> on June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) has fined Crown Melbourne AU$22.5m (US$17.3m) following its inquiry into the casino operator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17859,"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 imposed a significant AU$22.5m fine on Crown Melbourne, with an additional AU$5m annual Casino Supervisory Levy for fiscal years 2021 and 2022, following its inquiry into the operator's conduct. This action, alongside a previous AU$1m fine for AML deficiencies, underscores ongoing regulatory scrutiny and the imperative for Crown to enhance governance to retain its Sydney casino licence, coinciding with Steve McCann's appointment as CEO.","focusai_entities":"Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA), Crown Melbourne, Crown Resorts, Philip Crawford, Steve McCann","focusai_location":"Australia, Melbourne, Sydney","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), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown's Sydney Licence?","query":"What specific governance and operational enhancements must Crown Resorts implement to satisfy ILGA's requirements for retaining its Sydney casino licence, particularly concerning high-roller management and AML protocols?"},{"label":"Financial Impact Analysis?","query":"How will the cumulative financial burden of the AU$22.5m fine and the recurring AU$5m Casino Supervisory Levy impact Crown Melbourne's EBITDA and overall profitability projections for the current and subsequent fiscal years?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,161,163],"tags":[23825],"class_list":["post-17849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-daily-news","category-finance-news","tag-crown-melbourne"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849","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=17849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17876,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17849\/revisions\/17876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}