The NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC) chief commissioner, Philip Crawford, also slapped a maximum $100 million fine on Star for its widespread wrong-doing, revealed in the Bell review, bringing the total fines from state regulators to $200 million. Star Sydney’s permit was suspended for 90 days last month. The Queensland move echoes the NSW and Victorian governments’ appointment of a special manager to oversee Star Sydney and Crown Melbourne. The review, which was released in October, also found Star deliberately misled the gaming regulator to cover up China UnionPay transactions as hotel expenses when their primary use was gambling. Mr Gotterson found the company had lured high rollers who were banned from casinos in other states to gamble at its Queensland casinos, and that there were “serious deficiencies” in the company’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) program.

The record penalty, the maximum under new Queensland laws passed in August, and the imposition of a special manager follows a short inquiry led by Robert Gotterson, SC.

“Should the Star make satisfactory progress towards rectifying these issues, the special manager and I may determine to postpone or rescind the suspension of licences,” Ms Fentiman said. The Star Gold Coast casino will remain open under the supervision of a special manager.īut Ms Fentiman has put Star on 12 months’ notice to clean up its act or its casino permits for Brisbane and the Gold Coast will be suspended for 90 days. Queensland Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said Star’s operations would be overseen by Nicholas Weeks, the same independent monitor imposed on its Sydney harbourside casino by the NSW gambling regulator.

The Star Entertainment Group’s Brisbane and Gold Coast casinos will stay open under the supervision of a special manager imposed by the Queensland government after it levied a $100 million fine against the company.

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