Company Reports

For the third time this year, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) is launching an investigation into Crown Resorts’ operation related to the use of blank cheques by members of the casino. If the investigation shows that gamblers take advantage of such schemes, the company may face a fine as large as AU$100 million. After an investigation by a royal commission, it was discovered that Crown was giving its customers credits that were used for gambling at the company’s Melbourne casino. Since such activities are contradicting the law…

Earlier this week, gambling industry insiders have noted that the inquiry into the Star Entertainment Group and its operations in the state of Queensland should have scrutinised the state’s casino regulatory body. For a week, executives of Star Entertainment have been giving sworn evidence to the commission that leads the investigation into the operation of the gambling company’s casino licences in the Gold Coast and Brisbane and is trying to determine whether the company is suitable to hold the operating permits in question. During the hearings, the operator admitted that…

The Ladbrokes brand of the British gambling giant Entain is currently facing legal action in High Court. The lawsuit accuses the company of allowing a gambling addict to place significant sums as bets after failing to impose certain restrictions on the customer’s account. The legal action was filed by the Ladbrokes customers less than two weeks after Entain faced a massive monetary penalty for violating safe gambling rules in the UK. The player, who placed bets in both the UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has launched his High…

Everton F.C. has addressed its sponsor Stake.com, urging it to stop using its imagery in a global promotion that offers a free bet of $10 to anyone who places bets worth $5,000 in a period of a week. The marketing scheme has faced criticism from both anti-gambling campaign groups and football fans, who have also questioned the apparent involvement of Everton F.C. in the promotion. The promotional offer was especially targetted at an international audience and was linked to the professional football club’s results. Club branding was also used as…

Rising concerns over the impact that a new gambling centre in Bradford would have on the health of the most vulnerable residents of the district have seen the plan rejected. Recently, Merkur Slots has unveiled plans to open an adult gaming centre in the former Leeds Building Society unit on Bank Street. However, there are currently five other gaming operations within 50 metres of the planned location of the operation, so the Bradford Council turned down the gambling company’s application, citing concerns that the city centre has become an area…

On the third day of the ongoing inquiry into Star Entertainment’s operations, investigators heard that the gambling operator permitted a patron suspended from casinos in two other Australian states and allegedly associated with the Italian mafia to continue gambling in its Queensland venues for years. According to evidence given during the hearing, the man turned into one of the top 10 players at the company’s casino on the Gold Coast after he was suspended from the Crown Melbourne casino in 2014, and then, seven months later, the police in New…

The UK Gambling Commission imposed a £1.36-million fine on the online gambling operator Spreadex Limited after its investigation unveiled some anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings. As part of its settlement with the UK gambling regulatory body, the company, which operates the spreadex.com platform, is set to make the payment to socially responsible causes. As mentioned above, the gambling company failed to comply with a few anti-money laundering, terrorist financing, and customer interaction requirements. Gambling companies in the UK need to make sure they operate under the provisions of the…

The ongoing inquiry into Star Entertainment has heard that the casino company was allowing its patrons to gamble continuously for six hours in its venues in the state until a probe into the gambling operator’s suitability to hold a casino licence was unveiled. Junior Toleafoa, the company’s manager for responsible gambling, revealed that the Australian gambling giant reviewed and reduced the limit on continuous gambling to three hours on the day before the probe started. At a hearing, Mr Toleafoa told investigators that staff members had to encourage casino patrons…

The first day of public hearings from the ongoing probe into Star Entertainment’s casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast has heard evidence that some high-roller gamblers were actively encouraged and stimulated with special incentives to travel to the Australian state and gamble at the company’s Queensland venues, even though there have been some warning signals that should have seen them suspended from doing so. As Casino Guardian previously explained, the inquiry, led by Robert Gotterson, a former Court of Appeal judge, is investigating the operations of Star Entertainment’s casinos…

Star Entertainment is to be interrogated in a series of public hearings into its fitness to hold its casino operating licence in Queensland following a series of damaging reports. The hearings are set to start on August 23rd and will run through August 29th. The review is headed by Robert Gotterson, a former court of appeal judge, who is expected to deliver his findings by the end of September 2022. As previously reported by Casino Guardian, it is set to examine the suitability of Star Entertainment to retain its operating…