Australia: Star Entertainment Group not suitable to run Sydney casino, inquiry told

Australia: Star Entertainment Group not suitable to run Sydney casino, inquiry told

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  • Jake Lapham, ABC News (Australia)
May 31, 2022 9:47 PM
  • Jake Lapham, ABC News (Australia)

Star Entertainment Group is “not suitable” to hold a licence for its Sydney casino, a public inquiry has been told.

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An inquiry by the NSW gaming regulator is investigating the company’s suitability to run its casino in Pyrmont. Several top executives have resigned over the course of the inquiry, which has heard allegations of money laundering, fraud and criminal infiltration at the casino.

Counsel assisting the inquiry Naomi Sharp SC delivered a scathing assessment of the casino’s procedures on Tuesday.

That included “unethical behaviour” within the legal team, a VIP team that was “not properly supervised” and “very serious failures” in risk management frameworks.