The Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) is actively working on what it calls its “Plan B” with the goal of ensuring Melbourne’s casino can continue operating should Crown Resorts be found unsuitable, the regulator’s CEO revealed on Monday.

Annette Kimmitt told Inside Asian Gaming that implementation of a strategic plan for Crown’s worst-case scenario was a key initiative of the VGCCC as it prepares to make a decision on the operator’s suitability early next year.

“There has been a lot in the press in Australia about casinos being too big to fail, and not having those contingency arrangements in place or available to them at the time meant the Royal Commissioner in Victoria’s hands were tied,” said Kimmett, who was keynote speaker at the Regulating the Game conference which kicked off in Sydney on Monday morning.