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AUSTRAC claims Star walked back admissions in money laundering case
AUSTRAC 2024-09-11 11:57 pm By Cindy Cameronne

AUSTRAC has taken The Star to task for making statements that are inconsistent with admissions the casino has made in the regulator’s case over its alleged failure to comply with its money laundering obligations.

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Aristocrat gets another shot at Lightning Link patent after novel split High Court decision
Intellectual Property 2024-08-30 11:07 pm By Cindy Cameronne

A judge has allowed Aristocrat to appeal a judge’s rejection of its application to patent its Lightning Link poker machine, citing novel questions raised by an equally split High Court decision about the patentability of its invention.

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Aristocrat rival can’t dodge discovery in spat over Lighting Link trade secrets
Intellectual Property 2024-08-08 11:37 am By Andy Sidler

Gaming giant Aristocrat has defeated a challenge by Light & Wonder to discovery orders it won for a possible lawsuit alleging two former employees who jumped ship to its rival misused confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.

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Aristocrat says class action applicant should have deleted gambling app
Class Actions 2024-07-16 11:26 pm By Sam Matthews

Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ā€˜social casinoā€™ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.

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‘The whole purpose is undermined’: Judge irked by referee pick in AUSTRAC case against Star
Simon White 2024-06-11 3:26 pm By Sam Matthews

The judge overseeing AUSTRACā€™s case against Star Entertainment has questioned the partiesā€™ agreement to refer questions of fact and law to a former judge for determination, rather than an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing expert.Ā 

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SkyCity hit with $67M penalty in AUSTRAC case
AUSTRAC 2024-06-07 2:11 pm By Andy Sidler

A judge has ordered SkyCity to pay a $67 million penalty in AUSTRACā€™s case alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, finding it was an “appropriate” sum, even when compared with the $450 million fine handed to Crown last July.

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SkyCity Adelaide to get High Court hearing in tax fight with SA treasurer
Gaming 2024-06-06 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The High Court has agreed to take up a dispute between SkyCity Adelaide and South Australia’s treasurer over the tax treatment of reward points that gamblers convert to gaming chips.

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Crown Resorts to benefit from class closure and should foot part of the bill, judge says
Class Actions 2024-05-31 11:00 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties.Ā 

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Aristocrat can’t get docs yet for possible trade secrets suit
Appeals 2024-05-27 3:46 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has rejected Aristocratā€™s bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed ā€œin an envelopeā€ for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.

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Light & Wonder strikes back as Aristocrat mulls suit over Lightning Link trade secrets
Appeals 2024-05-20 11:09 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Game maker Light & Wonder is fighting orders requiring it to hand over information to Aristocrat Gaming for a possible suit alleging it and two former employees who jumped ship misused confidential information about Aristocrat’s popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.

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