{"id":25897,"date":"2021-12-23T10:59:28","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T13:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25897"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:39:33","slug":"vcglr-orders-crown-melbourne-to-pay-au1m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/vcglr-orders-crown-melbourne-to-pay-au1m","title":{"rendered":"VCGLR orders Crown Melbourne to pay AU$1m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation has fined Crown Melbourne AU$1m (US$724,130) for failing to comply with regulatory requirements concerning junket operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.-\u00a0Crown Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0has been\u00a0<\/strong>fined\u00a0<\/strong>AU$1m (US$724,130) by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) for disobeying a direction and\u00a0failing to comply with regulatory requirements\u00a0<\/strong>regarding junkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VCGLR says it assessed Crown\u2019s conduct regarding an individual junket operator and his associates, including actions taken after the commission ordered it to end its relationship with the individual. The regulator concluded that Crown had failed to end its relationship with an unsuitable junket operator<\/strong>, failed to conduct adequate due diligence concerning an associate of the same junket operator and had permitted that associate to conduct junkets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The VCGLR also said that Crown Melbourne failed to notify the commission of the associate<\/strong>, as a new non-resident junket operator before the commencement of her junket program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VCGLR Chair Ross Kennedy<\/strong> said: “The amount of this fine reflects the seriousness of this matter, particularly Crown\u2019s conduct in failing to immediately implement the requirements of the Commission\u2019s direction to cease a relationship with an unsuitable junket operator.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown\u2019s chief executive officer Steve McCann<\/strong> said: “Crown will consider the findings of the VCGLR carefully, to continue to advance its reform agenda and take into consideration all available learnings.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Crown was the first Australian casino group to announce the cessation of dealings with junkets. The announcement today from the VCGLR is a reflection of past practices which no longer occur at Crown.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May,\u00a0Crown Melbourne<\/a>\u00a0was also\u00a0fined AU$22.5m (US$17.3m) by the ILGA\u00a0<\/strong>following its inquiry into the casino operator. The company had previously been\u00a0fined AU$1m (US$777,305)<\/strong>\u00a0for not properly analysing foreign high rollers and their junket operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation has fined Crown Melbourne AU$1m (US$724,130) for failing to comply with regulatory requirements concerning junket operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":25908,"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 Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation (VCGLR) has fined Crown Melbourne AU$1m for failing to comply with regulatory requirements concerning junket operations. This penalty stems from Crown's failure to cease relations with an unsuitable junket operator, inadequate due diligence on an associate, and not notifying the commission of a new non-resident junket operator. Crown's CEO stated the company is reviewing findings and has already ceased all junket dealings.","focusai_entities":"Crown Melbourne, Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, VCGLR, Ross Kennedy, Steve McCann, ILGA","focusai_location":"Australia, Melbourne","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Crown's Junket Strategy","query":"What specific enhancements to Crown's governance frameworks and due diligence protocols have been implemented since the cessation of junket operations to prevent future regulatory breaches?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"How might this VCGLR enforcement action influence the broader regulatory landscape for high-roller segments and B2B licensing in other Australian jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,439,158],"tags":[23825,14657,23735],"class_list":["post-25897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-legal-news","category-slider-home","tag-crown-melbourne","tag-crown-resorts","tag-vcglr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25897","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=25897"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25910,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25897\/revisions\/25910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}