Star Entertainment Group hit with another AU$100 million fine, delayed license suspension on Queensland casino failures

Star Entertainment Group hit with another AU$100 million fine, delayed license suspension on Queensland casino failures

Article brief provided by Inside Asian Gaming
  • Ben Blaschke, Inside Asian Gaming
December 9, 2022 1:44 PM
  • Ben Blaschke, Inside Asian Gaming

Australia’s Star Entertainment Group has been slapped with its second AU$100 million fine in less than two months as part of disciplinary action taken by the Queensland state government.

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The action, announced by Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman on Friday, is in response to the findings of the recent Gotterson Review into Star’s Queensland casinos – The Star Gold Coast and Treasury Brisbane – which resulted in Star being found unsuitable to hold a state casino license.

Aside from Star being fined a total of AU$100 million, to be paid over 12 months, the government will appoint “an experienced independent special manager to monitor The Star’s operations in Queensland.”