{"id":8087,"date":"2020-07-13T22:12:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8087"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:41:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:41:21","slug":"sydney-star-fined-for-breaches-to-covid-19-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/sydney-star-fined-for-breaches-to-covid-19-rules","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Star fined for breaches to Covid-19 rules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company has also received notice that a customer who visited the casino on July 4 has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Australia.- The Star Entertainment Group has confirmed it has been fined for breaches of Covid-19 social distancing rules at The Star casino in Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The casino operator was fined AU$5,500 (US$3,831) by Liquor and Gaming NSW for having customers seen \u201cstanding and mingling between groups\u201d on Saturday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has also been informed by the New South Wales Government that a customer who visited the casino on July 4 has tested positive for Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group said on Monday: \u201cThe Star is working closely with NSW Health to respond to this information, including the conduct of contact tracing (which includes staff members)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Sydney casino reopend on June 1, with safety measures being <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/the-star-continues-to-ease-covid-19-measures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gradually relaxed over time<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. AGBrief reports there have been several inspections on recent weekends during which breaches to its safety plan were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company has also received notice that a customer who visited the casino on July 4 has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8090,"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 Star Entertainment Group's Sydney casino has been fined AU$5,500 by Liquor and Gaming NSW for breaches of COVID-19 social distancing protocols, specifically customers mingling. Concurrently, the operator is collaborating with NSW Health for contact tracing after a patron tested positive for the virus, highlighting ongoing operational compliance challenges in a re-opened market.","focusai_entities":"The Star Entertainment Group, The Star casino, Liquor and Gaming NSW, New South Wales Government, NSW Health","focusai_location":"Australia, Sydney, New South Wales","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operational Risk Mitigation","query":"What specific enhancements to The Star Entertainment Group's governance frameworks and operational protocols are being implemented to prevent future breaches of public health directives and mitigate associated enterprise risk?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"How will Liquor and Gaming NSW's enforcement posture evolve regarding social distancing compliance, and what are the broader implications for B2C licensing and operational mandates across the New South Wales gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[1866,21815],"class_list":["post-8087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-sydney","tag-the-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8097,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions\/8097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}