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Crown fined $1M for breaking rules on junket operators
Crown Resorts 2021-04-27 11:00 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Victorian gaming regulator has hit Crown Melbourne with the maximum fine of $1 million for failing to comply with regulations for vetting junket operations.

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Gaming watchdog dragged into Crown class action over Chinese gambling crackdown
Class Actions 2021-04-15 4:16 pm By Miklos Bolza

Victoria’s gaming regulator may seek to block access by a shareholder class action against Crown Resorts to transcripts of interviews with Crown employees about a Chinese gambling crackdown that resulted in the jailing of 19 employees in 2016.

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Corrs Chambers hired to assist royal commission into Crown Resorts
Crown Resorts 2021-03-29 3:00 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Corrs Chambers Westgarth will assist former Federal Court judge Ray Finkelstein QC’s royal commission into whether Crown Melbourne is suitable to hold a casino licence in the state, and has kicked off by seeking documents from James Packer’s Consolidated Press Holdings.

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Crown to face first ever oppressive conduct claims in shareholder class action
Entertainment 2021-03-04 9:16 pm By Spencer Fowler Steen

Crown Resorts is facing the first ever oppressive conduct claims in a shareholder class action which alleges the casino giant had lax anti-money laundering compliance systems in place over a six-year period, a judge has heard.

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Victoria launches royal commission into Crown Resorts
Crown Resorts 2021-02-22 9:19 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

A royal commission has been established in Victoria to look into whether Crown Melbourne is suitable to hold a casino licence in the state, following a damning report from the NSW gaming authority.

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Crown directors resign in wake of scathing gaming authority report
Entertainment 2021-02-10 9:09 pm By Miklos Bolza

Two directors of Crown Resorts have resigned following the release of a damning report from the NSW gaming authority.

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Crown Resorts not suitable to run Barangaroo casino, damning report says
Crown Resorts 2021-02-09 11:38 pm By Christine Caulfield

Crown Resorts should not have a licence to run the Barangaroo casino in Sydney after facilitating money laundering and partnering with junket operators linked to organised crime, a report following the NSW gaming authority inquiry has found.

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Law firm to expand Crown shareholder class action on back of gaming authority report
Class Actions 2020-12-17 3:21 pm By Miklos Bolza

Three days after launching a class action against Crown Resorts over potential anti-money laundering breaches revealed at a NSW gaming authority inquiry, Maurice Blackburn has said it will amend the pleadings in a separate shareholder class action against the casino giant using findings from the inquiry’s final report.

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Crown Resorts hit with class action over money laundering compliance
Class Actions 2020-12-14 12:01 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Maurice Blackburn has hit Crown Resorts with a shareholder class action alleging the casino giant had lax anti-money laundering compliance systems in place over  a six-year period.

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Law firm investigating expanded Crown class action amid anti-money laundering probe
Class Actions 2020-10-23 10:23 pm By Christine Caulfield

Maurice Blackburn is looking at potentially expanding its shareholder class action against Crown Resorts after it emerged at the NSW gaming authority inquiry that the casino giant may have breached anti-money laundering laws.

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