{"id":777028787,"date":"2025-07-08T08:51:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T11:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777028787"},"modified":"2026-04-21T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T00:11:43","slug":"wa-government-confirms-crown-perths-suitability-to-operate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wa-government-confirms-crown-perths-suitability-to-operate","title":{"rendered":"Western Australia confirms Crown Perth\u2019s suitability to operate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Racing and gaming minister Paul Papalia has found Crown Perth to be a suitable to keep its casino licence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- The Western Australian government has announced that Crown Perth has been found suitable to keep its casino licence. The decision follows a period of operational reform and oversight. during Crown Perth ovehauled its corporate and governance structure, enhanced employee screening and training models to promote ethical behaviour and took actions to minimise gambling harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The finding was recommended by the Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC) of Western Australia under section 21Q of the Casino Control Act 1984. The GWC was assisted by the former Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries in conducting a suitability assessment following the conclusion of the Perth Casino Royal Commission (PCRC) three years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PCRC had concluded that Burswood Nominees Limited was not a ‘suitable person’ to continue to hold the casino gaming licence due to failures in reducing gambling harm and preventing the proliferation of criminal activity. Independent monitor Paul Steel was appointed to monitor the implementation of a remediation plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the government, Crown Perth has since implemented \u201cadequate and legislatively compliant anti-money laundering\/counter-terrorism financing measures to prevent criminal infiltration at the Perth Casino such as transaction monitoring and technology to flag suspicious patrons with cash above certain thresholds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steel has now been appointed to the Gaming and Wagering Commission to continue to oversee casino activities to ensure lawful and responsible operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Papalia said: “Three years ago, the State Government established the Perth Casino Royal Commission due to failures by Crown Perth to meet anti-money laundering\/counter-terrorism financing obligations and prevent criminal activity. Today I can confirm we won’t be taking punitive action against Crown Perth, as it is now deemed a suitable entity to continue holding a gaming licence under the Casino Control Act 1984\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gaming and Wagering Commission chair Gary Dreibergs, added:\u00a0“The Gaming and Wagering Commission has built capacity and capability since the Royal Commission brought down its findings and, going forward, will focus on developing an assurance plan to monitor the remediated activities by the Perth Casino licensee to ensure it operates responsibly, lawfully and in the best interests of the Western Australian community.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crown Resorts CEO David Tsai said: “Our extensive business-wide transformation has set new benchmarks for the industry, creating a safer environment for our guests and the community. With all three Crown properties now deemed suitable and retaining their casino licences, we are focused on remaining the safest place to game in Australia, while also delivering exciting world-class entertainment experiences for our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> ACMA shares BetStop statistics for Q4<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Racing and gaming minister Paul Papalia has found Crown Perth to be a suitable to keep its casino licence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777009719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Crown Perth has been deemed suitable to retain its casino license in Western Australia, concluding a three-year remediation period following the Perth Casino Royal Commission's findings. The decision by the Gaming and Wagering Commission acknowledges extensive corporate and governance reforms, enhanced employee screening, and robust anti-money laundering\/counter-terrorism financing measures. Ongoing regulatory oversight will be maintained to ensure lawful and responsible operations.","focusai_entities":"Paul Papalia, Crown Perth, Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC) of Western Australia, Burswood Nominees Limited, Perth Casino Royal Commission (PCRC), Paul Steel, Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, Gary Dreibergs, Crown Resorts, David Tsai, ACMA","focusai_location":"Western Australia, Australia, Perth","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Future Regulatory Assurance","query":"What specific metrics and reporting frameworks will the Gaming and Wagering Commission implement to continuously monitor Crown Perth's remediated activities and ensure sustained compliance with the Casino Control Act 1984?"},{"label":"Industry-wide Implications","query":"How will the stringent remediation requirements and ongoing oversight applied to Crown Perth influence regulatory expectations and compliance benchmarks for other licensed casino operators across Australia and in comparable jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[289,29,23908],"class_list":["post-777028787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-australia","tag-casino","tag-gaming-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028787","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777028787"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777028797,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777028787\/revisions\/777028797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777009719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777028787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777028787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777028787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}