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Star Entertainment hit with third shareholder class action
Class Actions 2023-02-06 9:15 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

Star Entertainment is facing a third shareholder class action alleging it failed to disclose material information about its compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulations, after being slapped with $200 million in fines by state gambling regulators.

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Sportsbet wins anti-suit injunction against US case by sportsbet.com owner
Gaming 2023-01-12 11:49 am By Sam Matthews

Sportsbet has won an injunction preventing the owner of the sportsbet.com domain from prosecuting an action in the US, which a judge said sought to interfere with an Australian domain name battle ā€œin the most stark fashion.ā€

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Group members guaranteed 72.5% cut in Crown Resorts class action
Class Actions 2022-12-19 12:04 pm By Sam Matthews

A judge has approved a group costs order with a tiered contingency fee that will guarantee group members at least 72.5 per cent of any returns in a shareholder class action accusing Crown Resorts of lax anti-money laundering compliance over a six-year period.

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Aristocrat wins $36M in patent infringement damages from pokies maker Konami
Intellectual Property 2022-12-15 4:44 pm By Sam Matthews

Gaming company Konami will cough up $35.9 million dollars to rival company Aristocrat Technologies next year, eight years after a judge found that it had violated Aristocratā€™s patent for a slot machine with an improved jackpot feature.

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Star Entertainment directors, execs targeted in new ASIC action
ASIC 2022-12-13 9:24 am By Christine Caulfield

The corporate cop has named eleven current and former Star Entertainment directors and officers in a civil penalty case alleging breaches of duties in relation to the company’s non compliance with anti-money laundering laws.

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Konami to pay Aristocrat a portion of 12 years’ profit from infringing poker machines
Intellectual Property 2022-12-09 10:38 pm By Sam Matthews

Gaming company Konami Australia has been ordered to pay rival Aristocrat Technologies a proportion of profits from the sale of patent-infringing poker machines over a 12-year period, as well as a chunk of damages for supply of the games that generated no revenue at all.

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Star hit with second $100M fine by casino regulator
Gaming 2022-12-09 8:12 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Star Entertainment Group has been hit with a $100 million fine as part of disciplinary action by Queensland’s gaming regulator following the findings of a state review and a determination by the Attorney-General that the company is unsuitable to hold a casino licence.

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$4B in suspicious funds churned through SkyCity casino, AUSTRAC claims
Gaming 2022-12-07 4:25 pm By Cat Fredenburgh

AUSTRAC has launched court proceedings against SkyCity Adelaide for allegedly allowing more than $4 billion in suspicious customer transactions at its casino, including with cash that “appeared to have been buried”.

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‘Widespread and serious’: AUSTRAC takes aim at Star over money laundering compliance
Gaming 2022-11-30 3:39 pm By Sam Matthews

AUSTRAC has filed Federal Court action against Star Entertainment, alleging ā€œwidespread and serious non-complianceā€ with anti-money laundering laws.

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Freezing order stands in Sportsbet’s domain name spat with owner of sportsbet.com
Intellectual Property 2022-11-21 5:39 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Bookmaker Sportsbet has defeated a bid to overturn a freezing order against the owner of the sportsbet.com domain name in a trade mark infringement dispute stemming from a promotion agreement.

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