{"id":1792,"date":"2020-11-13T13:57:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T18:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/?p=1792"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:57:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T18:57:50","slug":"gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/","title":{"rendered":"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The lawyers tasked with assisting in an inquiry forming part of a \u00a0formal investigation into money laundering allegations could hold the fate of Australian gambling monolith, Crown Resorts in their hands.<\/p>\n<p>Crown\u2019s pending applications to open\u00a0new casinos\u00a0by the end of 2020 are currently mired in legal limbo as the company requires a gambling licence from the Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority (ILGA) if it hopes to proceed. The matter is currently being dealt with by Patricia Bergin, a former Supreme Court Judge who is serving as the chairperson of the inquest. She will provide recommendations to the ILGA on whether the company is eligible to hold an NSW casino license.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img
loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1008\" src=\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Crown-Melbourne.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"204\" \/>Money Laundering Allegations<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a
href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-54595050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">investigation<\/a> into Crown Resorts was initiated early in 2020. Its purpose is to determine whether Crown has devolved into fertile ground for the laundering of criminal profits by looking the other way as high rollers wagered sports bags stuffed with banknotes. The operator also stands accused of colluding with criminal organisations providing junket services.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer Adam Bell delivered a statement before the Bergin on Tuesday, stating that the fact that the 19 of the operator\u2019s employees were arrested by Chinese police in 2015 on the charge of promoting the company&#8217;s casino products and offerings to Chinese nationals. He argued that these facts alone justify the revocation of local licensing rights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trouble in China<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bell elaborated, sharing that evidence showed how Crown Resorts had encouraged the workers to remain in China and seek out financial opportunities for the company. This was a particularly scandalous decision on Crown&#8217;s behalf as the Chinese government had recently announced it intended to crack down on cross-border gambling. Mr. Bell presented this as further evidence that Crown had continually flaunted the basic principles of responsible corporate governance.<\/p>\n<p>Complicating things further, James Packer, the billionaire, and former Crown CEO continues to cast a shadow over the company\u2019s future. His 36 percent stake in Crown Resorts presents a problem as the inquiry demonstrated that he still exerts significant influence at the entity.<\/p>\n<p>When appearing before the inquiry in October, Packer admitted that ridding himself of his shares in exchange for the issuing of the NSW casino licence for Crown was his likely course of action.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>Previously, Crown Resorts were in the news when\u00a0<a
href=\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/former-baccarat-dealer-scams-crown-casino-melbourne\/\">a former baccarat dealer scammed the Crown Casino in Melbourne<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lawyers tasked with assisting in an inquiry forming part of a \u00a0formal investigation into money laundering allegations could hold the fate of Australian gambling monolith, Crown Resorts in their hands. Crown\u2019s pending applications to open\u00a0new casinos\u00a0by the end of 2020 are currently mired in legal limbo as the company requires a gambling licence from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1783,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"content-sidebar","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1792","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australian-casino-news","8":"entry"},"yoast_head":"\n<title>Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz<\/title>\n<meta
name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link
rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lawyers tasked with assisting in an inquiry forming part of a \u00a0formal investigation into money laundering allegations could hold the fate of Australian gambling monolith, Crown Resorts in their hands. Crown\u2019s pending applications to open\u00a0new casinos\u00a0by the end of 2020 are currently mired in legal limbo as the company requires a gambling licence from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"BestCasinos.co.nz\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta
property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png\" \/>\n\t<meta
property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta
property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"510\" \/>\n\t<meta
property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta
name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta
name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta
name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta
name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta
name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script
type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/\",\"name\":\"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/d5a57811f093e1fce5d9f25dfe051808\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png\",\"width\":900,\"height\":510,\"caption\":\"Crown Resorts Limited logo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/\",\"name\":\"BestCasinos.co.nz\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/d5a57811f093e1fce5d9f25dfe051808\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d178e443e483175a0ea59f02ba293da2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d178e443e483175a0ea59f02ba293da2?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/author\/lisae\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz","og_description":"The lawyers tasked with assisting in an inquiry forming part of a \u00a0formal investigation into money laundering allegations could hold the fate of Australian gambling monolith, Crown Resorts in their hands. Crown\u2019s pending applications to open\u00a0new casinos\u00a0by the end of 2020 are currently mired in legal limbo as the company requires a gambling licence from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/","og_site_name":"BestCasinos.co.nz","article_published_time":"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":510,"url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/","url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/","name":"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence - BestCasinos.co.nz","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png","datePublished":"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00","dateModified":"2020-11-13T18:57:50+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/d5a57811f093e1fce5d9f25dfe051808"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Crown-Resorts-Limited.png","width":900,"height":510,"caption":"Crown Resorts Limited logo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/gloves-off-as-crown-resorts-fights-to-retain-nsw-casino-licence\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gloves off as Crown Resorts fights to retain NSW casino licence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/","name":"BestCasinos.co.nz","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/d5a57811f093e1fce5d9f25dfe051808","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d178e443e483175a0ea59f02ba293da2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d178e443e483175a0ea59f02ba293da2?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/author\/lisae\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestcasinos.co.nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}