{"id":21733,"date":"2021-08-19T13:38:56","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T16:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21733"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:28:28","slug":"nsw-to-create-a-new-casino-regulator-following-crown-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nsw-to-create-a-new-casino-regulator-following-crown-inquiry","title":{"rendered":"NSW to create a new casino regulator following Crown inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities in New South Wales are planning to create a new Independent Casino Commission following recommendations made by commissioner Patricia Bergin&#8217;s inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.- The NSW government will create\u00a0<strong>a new independent casino regulator<\/strong>\u00a0that will have the powers of a standing Royal Commission and will be funded by a casino supervisory levy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to authorities, the creation of the new casino regulator follows\u00a0<strong>a suggestion made by former Supreme Court judge Patricia Bergin\u00a0<\/strong>in her final report, which found\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/ilga-crown-resorts-unsuitable-to-operate-barangaroo-casino\">Crown unsuitable to hold its licence<\/a>\u00a0for its second Sydney casino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Victor Dominello<\/strong>, minister for digital and customer service, said the new Independent Casino Commission would be in charge of approving all acquisitions, holdings or transfer of interest of 10 per cent or more in a casino licence. The regulator will also have to implement a new licensing regime for junkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non-gaming facilities at Crown Barangaroo opened without the casino in April, with a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/crowns-barangaroo-casino-gets-interim-liquor-licence\">liquor licence<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>now extended until October 2021. The gaming area remains closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few weeks ago, authorities also announced the creation of a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-vcglr-to-be-replaced-by-a-new-casino-control-commission\">new regulator for the state of Victoria<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCC)<\/strong>&nbsp;will replace the VCGLR and eventually control and monitor all&nbsp;<strong>gambling and gaming services<\/strong>&nbsp;in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Melissa Horne,&nbsp;<\/strong>the state\u2019s minister for consumer affairs, gaming and liquor regulation, said the VGCC would be stricter than the VCFLR and it wouldn\u2019t tolerate unethical practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nobody has yet been appointed to&nbsp;<strong>chair the new gambling commission<\/strong>. The VCGLR will continue monitoring the local casino sector until the VGCC is established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Deborah Cope<\/strong>, a regulatory and public policy reform expert, has said the new regulatory body will have a\u00a0<strong>dedicated division for employees working on the regulation of casino services<\/strong>\u00a0and will employ people with expertise in the field.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in New South Wales are planning to create a new Independent Casino Commission following recommendations made by commissioner Patricia Bergin&#8217;s inquiry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New South Wales plans to establish an Independent Casino Commission with Royal Commission powers, funded by a supervisory levy, to oversee casino licensing, acquisitions, and junket operations, following recommendations from the Bergin inquiry which found Crown unsuitable. Concurrently, Victoria is replacing its current regulator with the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission, signaling a broader trend towards enhanced regulatory scrutiny and governance frameworks across Australian iGaming.","focusai_entities":"Independent Casino Commission, Patricia Bergin, Crown, Victor Dominello, Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCC), VCGLR, Melissa Horne, Deborah Cope","focusai_location":"New South Wales, Australia, Sydney, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Crown's License?","query":"How will the new Independent Casino Commission's powers, particularly regarding the approval of significant interest transfers and the new junket licensing regime, specifically impact Crown's operational license suitability and its ongoing remediation efforts in NSW?"},{"label":"Funding Model Implications?","query":"What are the projected financial implications for casino operators of the new casino supervisory levy, and how will this funding model ensure the sustained independence and operational efficacy of the Independent Casino Commission?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[14657,23907],"class_list":["post-21733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-crown-resorts","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21733","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=21733"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21772,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21733\/revisions\/21772"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}