Crown Resorts seen as unfit to run Sydney casino


Under pressure: The Crown Casino logo adorns the side of its casino in Melbourne. An inquiry was set up after a series of media articles alleged money laundering took place at Crown’s casinos, and the company used junket operators with ties to criminal gangs. ─ AFP

SYDNEY: Crown Resorts Ltd isn’t fit to run its new flagship Sydney casino unless it replaces its chief executive officer and restructures the board, an inquiry recommended after a probe exposed wide-ranging governance and anti-money laundering failures.

Crown is “quite unsuitable” to hold the licence, retired judge Patricia Bergin said in a report to the gaming watchdog.

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